10 + 2 Upgrade 10 x Cape Barren Old Vine Shiraz 2019 + 2 x Cape Barren Rare Bird Shiraz 2018

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Wine Pilot

The vines for this prestige Shiraz from McLaren Vale are all thirty-five years and older. The wine enjoyed fifteen days skin contact, not under screwcap and very much the heavy bottle syndrome. Deep garnet/maroon, there are layers of oak here, giving the wine vanillin notes. We have plushness and richness. The wine is chockful of chocolate, cassis, blackberries, and licorice. Flavour out the wahzoo! Just what one would hope for from a premium Shiraz from a great vintage from one of our top regions. Gorgeous texture, balance immaculate and the length really impressive. Delicious. This has fifteen to twenty years ahead, if you can be patient. 2019 Cape Barren Rare Bird Shiraz

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Sam Kim - Wine Orbit

Immensely powerful, the wine is brimming with blackberry, cedary oak, cake spice and chocolate tart characters, wonderfully supported by lavish texture and beautifully melded tannins. It's bold and sophisticated at the same time, delivering substantial weight and layers of complex flavours, making it sensually seductive and gratifying. At its best: now to 2045. 2018 Rare Bird Shiraz

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Sam Kim - Wine Orbit

This is gracefully opulent, showing blackberry, cedary oak, potpourri and dark chocolate aromas on the nose, leading to a mouthfilling palate that's plush and persistent. It's stacked with richness with gorgeous complexity, wonderfully padded by supple tannins, finishing impressively long and sumptuous. At its best: now to 2039. 2019 Cape Barren Old Vine Shiraz