Deep dark red with intense purple hues. Generous and elegant. Rich concentrated forest fruits with spice, chocolate and cedar notes. Powerful Clare Valley Shiraz. Juicy mid-palate with long grainy tannins, complex oak and natural acidity.
From Martin and Joan Smith's 123yo dry grown vineyard in Polish Hill River, NASAA organic certified since '12. Destemmed, wild-fermented, hand-plunged four times daily, 15 days on skins, matured in French oak for 30 months. A wonderfully sumptuous and supple wine, its bouquet and palate a treasure trove of blackberry, red and black cherry, spice, cedar and chocolate; fine-grained tannins provide support, as does the French oak. Once you've got a glass in your hand, you're not likely to put it down.
96 points James Halliday winecompanion.com.au August 2017