Redman The Last Row Coonawarra Shiraz 2015
There’s an unquestionable timelessness to these Redman reds. Come back in a decade and they’ll still be kicking on nicely. Here’s a new release under the Last Row label, from a single row of 100 year old vines.
Open fermented, hand plunged and matured for 18 months in French oak. Classic handling. The nose has both vanilla oak and then a dash of Coonawarra mint. Classic. Underneath there is a powerful, hulking, dark chocolate and plum palate with oak rippling through the middle and a slightly drying warm finish. It’s a brutish wine, but not unbalanced, just rudely immature. Lots of flavour, lots of heart and then length for an age. Not polished, but with lots of everything else to make up for it.
Buy some for the very long haul. Best drinking: I’d wait for another 2-3yrs really, and then it will live twenty years no probs. 17.5/20, 91/100. 14.9%, $30. Would I buy it? Not yet.
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You may have missed the boat if you have not purchased this worthy Coonawarra shiraz. I cut my teeth on Rouge Homme wines from the early to mid 1960’s and while this is a much fuller style than those earlier wines, it will nevertheless age into something special.
I’ve tasted some of those older Rouge Homme wines – wow! Sad that the brand is no more. Redman really is the last vestige of that old school style too
Don’t forget Bowen. Flying the same flag for the past 40+ years, and I love the fact they have no intention of changing. Kind of thumbing their nose to ‘the new wave’.
I didn’t known there were 100 year old vines Coonawarra. Awesome review Andy!