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Museum Release: 100 Year Old Vines Shiraz 2015

$300.00 / bottle

From some of the oldest ungrafted Shiraz vines in the world, all of at least 100 years of age.

The hand-picked grapes were destemmed, but not crushed, and spent seven days on their skins in open fermenters with daily hand-plunging and pumping over of the cap to more gently extract colour, flavours and tannins. This was followed by careful basket pressing followed 22 months’ maturation in our cellars in a combination of French and American oak (20% New).

The wine delivers classical regional characters of dense, spicy blueberry fruit and savoury pan jus. Next come hints of liquorice, plum, and all-spice all delicately interwoven.

Awards:
97 Points – Huon Hooke
96 Points – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
94 Points – James Suckling
Gold Medal – Global Syrah Masters 2018

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Reviews

97 Points

Huon Hooke, The Real Review

Deep red colour with a good tint of purple, the bouquet deep in dark chocolate and cocoa powder, charcoal, soot and earthy notes, and rich dark fruitcake. The wine is magnificently sumptuous in the mouth: very rich, velvet textured, concentrated and beautifully balanced. Powerful and long, but not a blockbuster, it retains freshness and vitality. Endless persistence. A great wine. Drink 2017-2042.

96 Points

Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

94 Points

James Suckling

James Halliday

It pours on the power. It strikes blow after blow of thick, sweet, dense flavour. Blackberry, honey, soy and malt, inflections of mint and clove, a churn of grainy, muscular tannins. There’s real flex here, real grunt. You either succumb or you stand out of its way. Red berry flavours add a brighter note; a light on a mountain of flavour. Cellaring until 2030.

Global Syrah Masters 2018

Gold Medal

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