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
