2016 Gipsie Jack Malbec

Inky black purple colour with a bright dark purple hue. Ripe dark cherry and dark plum scents intermix with liquorice, dark chocolate, vanillin oak and spice. Medium weight the palate features generous dark cherry, blueberry and dark plum flavours over a vanillin cedar and inky earth background. Finishes with a dash of spice. Slightly chewy but ripe tannins. Aftertaste of dark plum, blueberry, ripe dark cherries, spicy vanillin cedar and inky earth.
Cellar 4-5 years.
Alc. 14.8%

Other Reviews…
Prime turf for malbec, Langhorne Creek is producing some beauties and this is no exception. Violet aromas segue to a juicy, fulsome palate of abundant blue and dark fruit allusions given tension and further complexity by a hint of reductive smokiness. Malbec's corpulence absorbs the oak and pH handling better, perhaps, than the other 'alternative' varieties in the range. Drink by 2024.
93 points
Ned Goodwin – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion