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94 POINT RATED SAM KIM WINE ORBIT & 92 POINT RATED KEN GARGETT MARGARET RIVER SHIRAZ
Vintage: | 2019 |
Source/Region: | Margaret River, Western Australia |
Grape Variety: | Shiraz |
Cellaring: | Drink now or cellar mid term |
Bottle Top: | Stelvin |
Alcohol Content: | 14.30 |
Standard Drinks: | 8.60 |
Rating: | 94 |
Dark deep ruby red. Dense, dark fruits - plum & forest fruits, with lifted black pepper & anise spice. Good fruit concentration, balance and elegance. Juicy fresh acidity and gentle tannin profile . The palate finishes clean and fresh, with persistent length.
The fruit, was machine harvested and transported to the winery where it was destemmed and crushed into fermenters. Once inoculated, the ferments were pumped over twice a day, temperature was held around 25°C to prevent over extraction of tannins locked in the skins. The wine was then transferred to oak for malolactic fermentation allowing a soft integration of the grape and oak tannins. After 10 months maturation the wine was blended and then bottled.
2019 was a long, cool vintage. It started off with a cooler than average spring and summer and this followed through vintage. Canopy management and attention to detail were key to getting fruit ripe and avoiding disease. Yields were low across the board. The results have been punchy aromatic whites, fine natural acidity, spicy shiraz and more elegant cabernets.
94 Point Rated - Sam Kim Wine Orbit
"It's wonderfully ripe and perfumed on the nose showing Black Doris plum, dark cherry, spicy oak and toasted spice aromas. It's concentrated and weighty on the palate, while remaining elegant and supple, leading to a persistent complex finish."
92 Point Rated - Ken Gargett Wine Pilot
"This wine has a very attractive purple colour. The nose gives up some pleasing red fruit notes; redcurrants and red apple hints too. The flavours seem slightly darker on the palate. There is a lovely sweet, seamless core of fruit and a nice flick of acidity plus a hint of gravelly tannins. With impressive length it has a good five to eight years ahead but don’t be afraid to enjoy it now."
Erin Larkin - James Halliday Wine Companion
"Fruit from Walcliffe and Rosa Glen. 15 months in French oak (15% new). Salted blackberry and savoury red fruits. The palate continues in this manner, throwing up bouquets of mulberry, blood plum and pink peppercorn. The tannins are firm and grippy, the oak leaving a clove bud character on the palate. Great intensity of flavour."
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