This wine just keeps getting better! An exciting find in the corner of a cellar has allowed us to once again stock what has been our best selling wine by far, over 5000 bottles being sold since we first offered it in 2009. Looking back over a collection of notes written over the years, it is not hard to see the enduring appeal of this cracking wine. In 2009 we wrote "At 14.5% alcohol it’s rich without being overblown or clumsy, and in all shows a fabulous spectrum of character for the money. Cinnamon, Chinese five spice, tomato relish, graphite, cocoa chocolate and lifted late summer cherries were all descriptors thrown around...", the wine continuing to display these plush and appealing characters with the added benefit of some developed dried herb and spice characters.
Served blind, it is not hard to mistake this 100% Shiraz from fruit sourced in McLaren Vale, the Barossa Valley, Clare Valley and Langhorn Creek as a $20 - $25 wine, such is the rich, juicy concentration and quality. Made by star winemaker Corrina Wright, this is a juicy, seductive and appealing wine displaying rich, ripe plum and currant characters with well integrated oak, spice and floral characters balanced out with some savory developed notes. Twelve months ago this was drinking beautifully, and today it is smashing, offering genuine value for money and is 'streets ahead of any other commercial shiraz at this price'! The Randall's team
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