2019 Giaconda Estate Vineyard Shiraz 750ml Cork

Giaconda Estate Vineyard Shiraz is founded on the meagre, sub-alpine granitic soils that have come to define Beechworth’s terroir and its inimitable expression of weight, intensity and drive, underlain by an uncanny levity of being. Giaconda Estate Vineyard Shiraz is an apogee of inimitable power and weightlessness, unravelling across a raft of violet, clove, peppercorn, dried nori and blueberry fruit accents, before a second wave of graphite, tapenade and charcuterie comes into play. The feel is one of richness, yet the finish is energetic, taut and almost balletic, serving as a springboard to impressive length and longevity.

Alcohol: 13.8%

Closure: Cork only

Cellaring: 7-20 years

Dark red to coal black in colour. Notes of damp forest floor combine with a zephyr of savoury meats and campfire smoke, with raspberry and star anise notes lifted by the whole-bunch component. Round and rich with a satisfying fruit-laden palate of wild berries coming to the fore. The tannins are powder-fine and convey red fruits with a twist of spiced vanilla oak, long on the palate. Evocative and immensely complex, this finishes with a strong mineral and graphite impact. A wine that is destined to have a long future.