Hatch Vesey Mclaren Vale Shiraz 2022

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Ray Jordan - Winepilot

A thoroughly delicious full and generous Shiraz sourced from McLaren Vale. Has the plump middle palate of the region with finely balanced oak and supporting tannins gently cuddling it through to a long pleasing finish. Loads of spicy plummy fruit with a little liqueur chocolate adding further detail. Excellent wine with structure and poise.

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Ken Gargett - Winepilot

This wine was named for Chris Hatcher’s great-grandfather, Alf Vesey. Alf started working at Penfolds way back in 1883 and continued on for an incredible 69 years. Of those 69 years, he was their Master Winemaker for 47 of them. While he was there, he mentored a young bloke who went on to do okay – Max Schubert. The fruit for this wine was fermented on skins in small open top fermenters, for five to ten days. A dense vibrant purple, the wine has gorgeous aromas which simply leap from the glass. Blueberries, mocha, spices, coffee beans, dark chocolate and bay leaves. This is rich and ripe and more chocolate flavours emerge on the palate. Generous in style, indeed opulent, with a seductive and soft texture, silky tannins and a long, lingering finish. Notes of coffee grinds and dry herbs then emerge towards the end of the palate. This will easily age and improve for eight to twelve years. Love it.

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Dave Brookes - Halliday Wine Companion

Alf Vesey, the great-grandfather of winemaker Chris Hatcher, was the master winemaker at Penfolds for 47 years and a mentor to a young, aspiring winemaker called Max Schubert. The Vesey is a plump, plummy, instantly appealing wine with ripe Doris plum, blackberry and cassis tones with hints of layered fruitcake spice, those little bottle-shaped liquor chocolate things, licorice, earth and roasting meats with fine, sandy tannin grip and an extended draw on the finish.