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2019 Hickinbotham Clarendon The Revivalist Merlot, McLaren Vale
2019 Hickinbotham Clarendon Brooks Road Shiraz, McLaren Vale
A$71.24
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HIKBOTBRS19
A blend of three distinctive blocks on loams, silt and clay. No whole bunch. Gently extracted by wetting the cap and racking/returning. Circa 20 days on skins. 6 months in puncheons. 6 more in foudres and a concrete egg. A corpulent wine, lush and full. Yet there is nothing jammy about it. Eclipsed by its Bordeaux varietal siblings perhaps, but as far as warm-climate shiraz goes, this is at the apex of the qualitative totem pole. Blue fruits, violet, anise, clove and pepper grind. Some salumi, too. But the tannins are this gorgeous wine’s opus.
95 points Ned Goodwin MW winecompanion.com.au 13 August 2021
There’s a plushness to the fruit here and beautiful integration of mocha-like oak. It puts the wine into swish territory straight up. Dark chocolate, rich plum, kirsch, woodsmoke and foresty herb notes all contribute, pretty much in that order, before tannin ripples on through. This is warm and rich, unashamedly, but it feels controlled and deliberate. It’s top notch quality, no doubting it.
94 points Campbell Mattinson winefront.com.au 20 August 2021
| Product/Service Sold Out | No |
|---|---|
| En Primeur | No |
| New Arrivals | No |
| Wine Type | Red Wine |
| Wine Style | Traditional |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | McLaren Vale |
| Varietals | Shiraz |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
| Wine Points | 95 |
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