2012 Reillys Barking Mad Shiraz

Reillys Barking Mad label takes its name from the winery Dachshunds that bark like mad when the trucks pull into the winery laden with grapes ready to be crushed. Maturation took place in a combination of 60% French oak and 40% American oak for a period of 18 months.

‘The only thing that’s Barking Mad about this wine is the price.’

Superb opaque black purple colour with deep dark purple black tinged hue. The nose displays top notes of black raspberry and liquorice followed by some vanillin oak and spice. Representing fantastic value the palate has excellent body weight and a level of richness not normally seen at this price point. It boasts an opulent profile of ripe blackberries and liquorice followed by some dark chocolate with a background of toasty vanillin oak and spice. Plush fleshy texture with soft velvet smooth tannins. Medium to long spicy blackberry, liquorice and toasty oak aftertaste.
Drink over the next 3-4 years (2014-2018).
Alc 14.5%