2015 Duke's Magpie Hill Reserve Shiraz

Magnificent colour displaying a deeply saturated inky black core with a deep bright dark red black hue. Pronounced top notes of ripe blackberries and liquorice fill the nostrils over a back drop of vanillin cedar, faint dried herbs, scorched earth and pepper. Rich densely concentrated flavours of blackberry and liquorice flood the palate over black cherry, vanillin cedar, subtle scorched earth, dried meats and pepper. A luscious textural feel held in check by finely crafted tannins that have a structured underbelly. Fantastic power and depth with a long aftertaste of blackberries, liquorice, black cherries, vanillin cedar, subtle scorched earth and pepper.
Cellar 5-6 years.
Alc 13.5%

Other Reviews….
Tank-fermented with oxygenation, 5-6 days on skins, matured for 18 months in French oak (35% new). Deep crimson; doubles the intensity and layered richness of the Single Vineyard Shiraz, the length prodigious. On the way through blackberry, black cherry, licorice and spice all compete for attention, tannins significant, but balanced. Drink by 2040.
97 points
James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion