Di Fabio Grand Reserve Shiraz 2021

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Sam Kim - Wine Orbit

This brooding Shiraz is both powerful and graceful, showcasing a richness of dark fruits, smoked game, various nutty notes, and mocha aromas on the nose. The palate is superbly weighted, offering seductive complexity and velvety texture, leading to a long, gratifying finish. It is wonderfully harmonious and seamless, with outstanding depth and opulence.

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Ray Jordan - Winepilot

Such a marvelous South Australian McLaren Vale vintage has been captured in this outstanding example of Shiraz from a great Shiraz region. The nose engages with an immediate complexity of cedary red berry, a little anise and spice. The palate is laced seamlessly together with fine chalky tannins and well-managed oak, harnessing the deeply intense blackberry and dark fruit flavors. It’s layered, it’s long, and it’s luscious. Super example of what McLaren Vale can do in great years.

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Ken Gargett - Winepilot

From the superb 2021 vintage, it would be fair to expect much from this wine. And it delivers. Opaque maroon in colour, the wine is concentrated and well balanced, exhibiting deft oak handling. Aromas weave through chocolate, mocha, plums, licorice, blackberries and coffee beans. Impressive focus on display and a fine line of acidity with a lingering finish which sees the emergence of notes of leather and cloves. This is a wine which will easily handle twenty years in the cellar, longer if you have the patience.

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Marcus Ellis - Halliday Wine Companion

The Grand Reserve moniker often denotes a richer, more sumptuous wine, and that’s true here. Super-ripe berry flavours, worn leather, old spice cabinet, an overlay of oak, with clove, char, vanilla and caramel. It’s somewhat heady, a little viscous and breathy on the palate. It’s an unapologetic style, assembled with skill.