The Willows Vineyard Bonesetter Shiraz 2018
G 96
Deep crimson and quite a ripe and decadent wine with powerful dark cherry, dark chocolate aromas with lovely roasted chestnut, vanilla marzipan oak complexity. Ample and luxuriant dark berry fruits are supported by smooth velvety textures and integrated roasted chestnut oak before finishing chocolaty and long. Now–2032 Arila Gardens of Moppa Shiraz 2020 G 95 Deep crimson. Fresh dark cherry, mulberry, blackberry aromas with mocha/ espresso notes. Voluminous and inky with smooth dark cherry, mulberry, blackberry fruits, fine chocolaty textures, lovely underlying mocha/ roasted coffee notes and long fresh integrated acidity. Finishes grippy firm, long and fruity. Now–2030 Eperosa LRC Greenock Shiraz 2020 G 95 Medium-deep crimson. Abundant blackberry, graphite, stone fruit aromas with liquorice, herb notes. Richly flavoured, buoyant and minerally with intense dark berry fruits, underlying apricot notes, fine chalky/ chocolaty textures and fresh long acidity. Finishes bittersweet with chinotto notes. 2% riesling does a similar job to viognier by fixing the colour and promoting vigour. A beautifully polished wine with lovely density, precision and vinosity. Vines planted in 1967. Now–2028 Gibson Australian Old Vine Collection Shiraz 2013 G 95 Medium-deep crimson. Polished wine with glossy dark berry fruit aromas with praline, toffee, crème brûlée notes. Fresh youthful blackberry, cassis flavours, fine loose-knit chalky tannins and integrated vanilla, roasted chestnut notes. A plume of graphite textures at the finish. Very complete and sinuous wine. Now–2030 Gibson Reserve Shiraz 2006 G 95 Deep crimson. Evolved graphite, black cherry, dark chocolate aromas with roasted chestnut, liquorice notes. Smooth and velvety textured with fresh black cherry, plum, roasted chestnut, tobacco leaf flavours and persistent fine chocolaty tannins. Finishes bittersweet, slightly crisp and firm with an inky plume. Now–2028
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