Cavaliere McLaren Vale Shiraz 2022

A wine to honour the current custodians’ great grandfather and his military service in the First World War. Fermentation was in small open fermenters with temperatures kept cooler than we might sometimes see. Maturation is for three years in fine grained French and American oak hogsheads, all of them new. 

Dark red with a deep garnet rim, the wine still has noticeable oak influence evident, but integration is proceeding well. Quite a big bopper with the aromas weaving through coffee grinds, cloves, chocolate, black fruits, aniseed and delicatessen meats. There is good concentration and this is a powerful style, but it is neatly balanced. On the palate we see the emergence of notes of root vegetables and truffles. There are also still hints of vanilla and oak lingering. The wine has serious persistence and very good length through to satiny tannins. A fifteen-year proposition. 94.