Love over Gold Shiraz 2016
G 96
Deep crimson. Intense dark berry, dark chocolate, date aromas with underlying roasted walnut notes. Rich and voluminous with generous ripe dark berry, hint of raisined fruits, plentiful fine chocolaty textures and integrated fresh acidity. Finishes gravelly firm with lovely persistent sweet fruits. A classic Barossa Shiraz with superb ripe fruit definition, concentration and vigour. From the 1928-planted Pohlner’s Vineyard Block. Now–2035 Maverick Ahren’s Creek Ancestor Vine Shiraz 2019 G 96 Medium-deep crimson. Dark plum, blackberry liquorice aromas with panforte, cola notes. Well concentrated palate with fresh dark plum, blackberry, mulberry fruits, brambly/ chalky textures and mocha vanilla oak complexity. Finishes grainy firm with chinotto/ minerally notes. An elegantly proportioned Barossa Shiraz with superb volume and Deep crimson. Lovely blackberry, black cherry, dark chocolate aromas with marzipan notes. Beautifully concentrated wine with blackberry pastille, black cherry fruits, inky/ graphite notes, fine slinky/ chocolaty tannins and plentiful marzipan. Vanilla notes. Finishes chocolaty firm and minerally with kirsch notes. 100% new French oak. Now–2035 Two Hands Yacca Block Shiraz 2020 G 96 persistency. Now–2032 St Hugo Koch Vineyard Shiraz 2016 G 96 Deep crimson. Intense dark chocolate, black cherry, hint negroni aromas with herb garden notes. A very animated style with ample black cherry, dark plum, dark chocolate fruits, fine vigorous bittersweet/ al dente tannins, lovely mid-palate generosity, integrated mocha notes and chocolaty/ mineral length. Lovely fruit clarity and tension. Now–2035 Two Hands Secret Block Shiraz 2020 G 96 Deep crimson. Fresh dark cherry, blackberry, dark chocolate aromas with roasted chestnut, hint wax polish notes. Generously concentrated with inky dark cherry, blackberry fruits, persistent fine loose-knit chocolaty tannins and underlying roasted chestnut vanilla notes. Finishes bittersweet and minerally. Still elemental but should develop more richness and density with age. Very good potential. Now–2040
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