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Taylors Wakefield St Andrews Shiraz 2018

Clare Valley
Rated 5.0 out of 5
Based on 3 reviews

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Palate Profile

Taylors Wakefield St Andrews Shiraz 2018 is enormously flavoursome with rich fruit characters of black cherry, plum and ripe berries. American oak adds nuances of vanilla, cigar box, coffee and toast.

At release, the wine has a concentrated ruby red colour with a dark mahogany hue to the edge.

On the nose, the wine is complex and enticing with red berry fruits, dark chocolate, dusty spice, and hints of charcuterie, cigar box and roasted coffee.

On the palate, the wine is rich and complex with layers of flavour. Dark berry fruits combine with lashings of coffee, chocolate and spice from high quality oak. The fruit and oak weight create a multidimensional palate which is defined with well-balanced, elegant tannins. This is a very generous wine with textural complexity and long, persistent flavours.

"The 2018 Shiraz is complex and Bordeaux-like in style. It is supple in texture, full bodied, intensely flavoured, medium rich, and very long on the palate, with well integrated fruit and oak components. It tastes of blackberry, black olive, toast, tobacco, vanilla, loganberry, and red licorice. Delicious wine, in a somewhat understated style. Warrants aging. Aged 18 months in American oak barrels."
Ronn Weigand, Restaurant Wine 5/5 Stars

Critic Awards

Plush yet high-toned currant and plum-fruit characteristics are followed by a sanguine note—like iodine—along with cedar, mint, pencil lead and a seaweed, umami-like nuance. The mouthfeel is distinctive: tannins like sandpaper but the fruit silky and tangy. There's power here but drinkability too. Cellar for several years for added complexity .

I tasted a representative blend of the 2018 St. Andrews Shiraz that was assembled out of several barrels, and it's even more promising than the 2017. It's brighter and fresher on the nose, with bigger and redder fruit notes. It's also full-bodied and plush, loaded with cherries and raspberries, all on a plush cushion of creamy, vanilla-laden oak.

Region and Grapes

Region: Clare Valley
Grape: Shiraz
ABV: 14.5%

Cellaring Potential

Crafted for immediate enjoyment but will cellar over a long term under ideal conditions.

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Taylors Wakefield St Andrew Shiraz 2018

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Taylors Wakefield St Andrews Shiraz 2018

Black plums & dark blueberries, underneath that are black pepper, vanilla & minty chocolate! Finish is deep, lingering & smoky.

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