Pirathon
2016

“Sweet, ripe, simple and warm but the volume of flavour and the swagger of tannin makes for a pretty convincing package. Porty black berries with asphalt and wood smoke flavours drifting through. Nice and firm, which it needed to be.”

“Gary Walsh. Dark chocolate, black fruit, sage and toasty oak. Full bodied, grainy and saline, mixed berries, a lot of grunt and grip with a good line of acidity, and a slick of tannin to close. Falls away on the finish a little, but good potential here.”

“Concentrated, spice, ash, stewing plums, umami seaweed herbal hit, tarry pitch (almost liqueur like, reminiscent of aged Barossa fortifieds) with young pencilly oak. Sharp, nervy acidity taking over layers of smoky black/red fruits that have a “stare too long without blinking” intensity. Most elements feel ramped up to 11, but this is made for the long haul, so for now the oak and structure create a masterful shield against time.”