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Wow this new release could be the most impressive to date!
Sons of Eden co-owners, Corey Ryan (“cut his teeth” as winemaker at Henschke for 10 yrs) winemaker and Simon Cowham (ex-viticulturist Yalumba) can do no wrong! Old Vine shiraz from their 80 yr old Lightpass and Moppa vineyard in the Barossa Valley.. 20 months in predominantly new American and French oak. A wine that is powerful, concentrated, intense (very true to its Roman mythological namesake) and yet smooth,. … Be sure to decant this wine for at least two hours or cellar it for a decade!
Deep crimson in colour with a complex aroma of dense cherry and red berry fruits together with nuances of dried herb and vanilla bean. A powerful and fleshy palate of plums, red berries and spice are balanced with persistent silky tannins.
96 points, James Halliday’s 2017 Australian Wine Companion: “.. The come-hither message of the bouquet leads into an even more seductive palate with folds of velvet and satin around dark cherry and plum fruit, soft tannins a constant undertow. Screwcap. 14.5% alc.”
94 points Gary Walsh, The Wine Front .. “Blackberry, liquorice, chocolate, mint and toasted coconut. It’s full bodied, but only just, and feels fleshy and deeply fruited, purpleness of robe and crushed berry pippy acidity, more grunt and grip than the Remus, less finesse, but more charisma and length. Needs a bit more time to unfurl.”
RRP $70
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