2019 Charteris Hunter Valley Shiraz Hunter Valley 6 Pack

• Producer: Charteris Wines
• Varietal: Shiraz
• Region: Hunter Valley
• Alcohol: 13.5%
• Net volume: 750ml
• Vintage: 2019

Dark garnet with a crimson hue. Brooding wild berry, earthy brown spices, dark cherries and chocolate dust fill the bouquet. This is quite foreboding for Hunter Shiraz, with complexing roasting pan juices, dark-plum conserve and a hint of graphite. There’s heaps going on aromatically, in a rustic and brambly way. It’s dense and ripe with plummy fruit on entry with spicy depth, almost classic fruit cake. A hint of smoky bacon with maple syrup and vanilla pod add power and depth on the palate. It has abundant tannin but it’s very fine grained, like dark chocolate with a velvety spice finish. Long and sinewy, at the bigger end for Hunter Shiraz. These riper Hunter Shiraz vintages tend to offer most at 5 to 10 years old and I’m picking 6 to 7 years for the peak drinking window.

This wine is a blend from two 50-year-old Shiraz vineyards in Pokolbin. While the 2019 was one of the hottest and driest on record, these old vines have seen a lot and survived all the vicissitudes the Hunter has shown them. The conditions preceding harvest shackled the vines into giving up a minuscule but precious yield of tiny berries of intense concentration. Not your usual Hunter Shiraz but very scarce and unique all the same.

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