2020 Avenue to Gold Shiraz

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Erin Larkin - Wine Advocate

The 2020 Avenue to Gold Shiraz hails from Mengler's Hill, which sits between 465 meters to 545 meters above sea level and straddles both Eden Valley and Barossa Valley. The fruit was handpicked, left on skins for 17 days, pressed, then moved to concrete for 12 months of maturation. The wine was then moved to three-year-old French puncheon with a small portion of pressings. I love the freshness of this wine. The tannins are silty and fine. The wine is layered with red garden rose florals, black tea, crushed quartz and all manner of fine things. It feels reliant on natural structure, which is hugely attractive. 4,920 bottles filled. 14.3% alcohol, sealed under Diam.

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Dave Brookes - Halliday's Wine Companion

Deep crimson with fruit aromas of blackberry, black cherry and macerated plums with hints of fruitcake spice, licorice, sage, citrus blossom, cherry pie, earth and vanillin oak. Weighty and fruit-pure with fine granitic tannins and a meaty aspect flowing in on the palate, finishing long with a tail of Christmas cake spice, black-fruit compote and softly spoken oak tones of polished leather and vanilla.

93 POINTS

Dave Brookes - Halliday's Wine Companion

Deep crimson with fruit aromas of blackberry, black cherry and macerated plums with hints of fruitcake spice, licorice, sage, citrus blossom, cherry pie, earth and vanillin oak. Weighty and fruit-pure with fine granitic tannins and a meaty aspect flowing in on the palate, finishing long with a tail of Christmas cake spice, black-fruit compote and softly spoken oak tones of polished leather and vanilla.