GCV White Hut Shiraz
2020

“Equal Top In Category/Eligible for WOTY

A well-made grippy young wine that is almost black in colour and smelling a little like a fruitcake with blackcurrant notes. The palate is intense with varietal fruit flavours”

Matured for 18 months in oak, 10% American, the balance French (10% new). Licorice, cloves, blackberries and Christmas spice. This is silken and concentrated, moving towards dense; the oak should be more obvious than it is. Instead, it serves to cradle the fruit and usher it through the long finish. Very smart wine, here. Erin Larkin

There is a floral edge to beautifully concentrated plum and black cherry on the nose with oak providing an embellishment of spice that sits behind the fruit. The palate is generous, but balanced, there is a suppleness of dark berry fruits and a sheath of vanillin spice that is held in check by lines of tannin that take on both savoury impact and a touch of dark chocolate. The finish has such purity of fruit.

Ripe red and black plum, and spice on the nose with a juicy dark fruited palate. Fine grained tannins and a spice filled finish. Perfect with roast dinners or cottage pie on a winter’s day.