Moody, stalky Yarra Shiraz still coming together. There’s a sullen and closed nose of white peppery lightness that the lacquer of vanilla bean oak can’t hide. It’s a work in progress (indeed, the label isn’t ready; pictured is the 2021 image), trying to come out from the oak, a savoury, peppery wine sweetened by condensed milk oak, and then firm, black, bitter tannins to finish. A wine of two halves, I guess, and we just have to wait for the two bits to join back up again.
- Best drinking: later. Give it 3 years maybe?
- Score (out of 20):
- Score (out of 100): 90
- Alcohol %: 13.5
- RRP (in $AUD): 34
- Winery website: https://www.hirschhill.com/
- Would I buy it?: a glass
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