Pirathon Silver
2017

“Wonderfully ripe and complex, the bouquet shows blackberry, toasted spice, cocoa, cedar and game characters, leading to a concentrated palate displaying excellent fruit power and rounded mouthfeel. It’s mouthfilling and delicious with a lengthy velvety finish”

“Intense raspberry, spiced plum, blackberry, dark chocolate squares, and smoky toasty coconutty oak. Into full bodied territory but manages to avoid alcohol hotness.”

“100% shiraz. Sweet raspberry, plum, toffee and asphalt flavours move softly through the mouth. It’s both fresh and bold, the fruit flavours well complemented by clovey, smoky oak. Warmth on the finish and relative simplicity the only quality constraints.”

“I haven’t had a look at a Pirathon Shiraz for around ten years I reckon. It’s good to be back in the game when this came through the door recently. Track this down too - it’s top stuff for 25 bucks.

A clever slice of the Barossa without burning the back pocket. The density is impressive with all the good gear you’d expect. A blend of 20 parcels of fruit from five Barossa sub-regions seeing 18 months in barrel then bottled unfiltered and unfined.

Dense plummy and black fruit, dark chocolate, cedar and baking spices all mingle with ease. It feels like melted chocolate rolling through the mouth such is it’s generous and engaging mouth feel. Fine spices are sprinkled atop and just sit long and proudly. A ripper for the money.

Drink now to eight years+”

A powerfully persuasive argument on what it is we like about bold Barossa shiraz. First, it looks tempting, deeply coloured with good concentration. Second, its aromas feed the imagination with dark berry, spice, forest floor all in great harmony. And third, flavours are intense offering a big mouthful of wine that is velvety, ripe fruited and long, the fruit moving from blackberry, licorice, dark chocolate and leather to baked earth. In comparison to the 2018, also available, this is a more muscular tannic example of the style which is on the high side alcohol-wise (15%). It’s a pretty intense tasting experience.