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  • Country ranking ?

    170
  • Producer ranking ?

    11
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    from 2025
  • Food Pairing

    slow roasted lamb shoulder.

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The Story

Ripe fruit notes of dark plum and cherry along with background vanillin oak. Rich in colour with deep red tints, due to
the low yield and low juice-to-skin ratio. For this wine, mostly large format puncheons and a 3000L cask are used. Dry ripe tannins give perfect structure and carry the sweet fruit right to the back palate. An impressive wine, which is a great follow on from the 2014 vintage. Subtle but powerful.

Rated by the Langton's Cl...

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Vintage 2018

 At a glance summary

The Australian winegrape crush was 1.79 million tonnes – a decrease of 10 per cent from the record 2017 harvest. 

The crush was just above the long-term average of 1.76 million tonnes

The average purchase price across all varieties increased 8 per cent to $609 per tonne – the highest since 2008.

Average winegrape purchase prices paid increased across the board:The average for red varieties increased by 11 per c...

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

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Tasting note

color

Deep, Ruby red and Healthy

ending

Long, Extensive and Flavorful

flavors

Blackcurrant, Licorice, Nutty, Cassis and Spice

nose

Intense, Fresh and Seductive

recommend

Yes

taste

Warming, Balanced, Well-structured, Full-bodied, Round and Silky tannins

Verdict

Sophisticated and Impressive

Written Notes

Inky deep colour. Intense elderberry, blackberry blueberry essence aromas with a touch of liquorice. Dense and smooth with incredible concentration, superb ripe chocolaty textures, vanilla oak notes and integrated acidity. A great vintage in the making, but needs a good five years even to begin to reveal itself.  95+ points

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Origin

Hunter Valley, Hunter Valley
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