Given that 2024 appears to be a very good vintage for Shiraz wines on The Granite Belt I thought it was time to share a little company with this wine.
The colour of this young wine is somewhat breath taking, it’s main feature is an array of deep purple obviously lighter at the meniscus but still very bright and radiantly glowing at all depths – imagine the complete spectrum of a ripe mulberry and you will be close to appreciating the complex hues of this wine.
The nose is a little closed until the wine has a long breathe then the bouquet lifts noticeably with dark plums, black berries, a little vanilla, some subtle aniseed, spice and just a little coffee in the background.
The medium bodied palate of this lovely cool climate wine carries a gently exciting fruit experience on a long luscious line until the fine velvety tannins decide to assert a late authority with a peppery and minerally flourish. At this stage there is some presence of vanilla in the complex palatal conglomerate but the main flavours are ripe black plums, blackberries, mulberries and blueberries conjoined with aniseed and black pepper. The flavours are lifted and the wine is lengthened with Granite Belt acidity which carries the experience into the fine late tannin surge that arouses and excites a little more and preps further genuine anticipation. The wine resolves opulence and elegance via superb balance of all its components while still allowing individual aspects to unmistakably announce themselves. This wine is certainly very enjoyable now but it will cellar long – far longer than you might expect.
I’m not completely convinced yet that this 2024 wine is the equal of the great 2025 Shiraz but gee it’s got to be within a whisker and given just a little more time and another taste I may find it impossible to separate the two.
Tasted: Saturday 12th August, 2025 without food and then with over several hours.
Alcohol: 13.9%
Closure: Screwcap
Price: $40
Suggested Drinking Window: now to 2044
Winemaker: Warren Smith
Fruit Source: Estate
Oak: French
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