Château Tanunda The Everest Shiraz 2021
Deep crimson. Intense blackberry dark chocolate aromas with roasted chestnut notes. Richly concentrated blackberry pastille, praline, roasted chestnut marzipan, demi-glace flavours, fine loose-knit chocolaty textures and well-balanced acidity. Beautifully crafted wine with lovely density, richness and vigour. Drink now–2038 14.9% alc The Standish Wine Company The Relic Shiraz 2022 Deep crimson. Intense, dark chocolate, graphite, roasted chestnut, apricot, black cherry aromas. Plush, velvety and inky deep with deep-set blackberry pastille, black cherry, apricot, dark chocolate flavours, superb fine-grained and loose-knit tannins, and integrated roasted chestnut, vanilla notes. Finishes chocolaty and minerally. Wonderful density, complexity and vigour. Drink now–2036 14.9% alc The Standish Wine Company The Standish Shiraz 2022 Deep crimson. Intense dark cherry, stone fruit, aniseed aromas with beautiful vanilla, roasted chestnut, hint graphite notes. Richly flavoured and buoyant wine with ample black cherry pastille, apricot flavours, brambly textures and well-integrated new oak. Finishes grainy firm with tannin plume. Expressive and classic. Drink now–2035 14.9% alc Yalumba The Octavius Shiraz 2019 Medium-deep crimson. Intense inky, blackberry, black cherry, dark chocolate, chinotto aromas with marzipan vanilla hint oatmeal notes. Beautifully balanced and generously proportioned wine with ample inky, pure blackberry fruits, hint of sage, supple chocolaty firm tannins and underlying praline, mocha, marzipan, roasted chestnut notes. Finishes chocolaty firm and long. A classical Barossa Shiraz style with the volume and sinuous structure to last the distance. 19 months’ maturation in 25% new French oak barriques and hogsheads, the balance in seasoned French oak hogsheads and octaves. Drink 2030–2048+ 14.5% alc
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