2012 Kangarilla Road The Devil's Whiskers Shiraz

The Devil’s Whiskers are the two little marks that appear around the top lips of some people when they drink red wine. Aged for 18 months in new French oak barriques.

Magnificent colour saturation displaying an impenetrable inky black core with a very deep dark purple black hue. Intense aromas of liquorice and ripe blackberries burst from the glass followed by some dark plum, subtle dark chocolate, vanillin oak and confectionary. Full bodied the palate combines superb richness and an opulent texture with good underlying structure. Totally mouthfilling flavours of liquorice, ripe blackberries and dark plums swamp the palate followed by some dark chocolate, toasty vanillin oak and spice. Solidly built tannins impart some firmness on the finish. Long aftertaste of liquorice, ripe blackberries, toasty vanillin oak and spice.
Cellar 6-8 years.
Alc 14.5%

Other Reviews….
Full crimson-purple; a very interesting wine, with more spicy/savoury characters on both its bouquet and palate; less opulently rich than its cheaper sibling, but has greater length and finesse, those attributes built around the more spicy characters; how this ties in with the alcohol, I have no idea; it doesn't help to be told nothing about these four '12 shirazs. Drink by 2032.
95 points
James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion