A wine with a point of difference on many levels. This Shiraz was picked and rack dried for a period of three weeks. This drying process further concentrates the flavours. Only 680 bottles were produced from this labour intensive process, hence the end result is quite expensive.Lots of red berry fruit, raisins, plums, meat jus and some dried fruit sweetness.
A full bodied wine; there is notable acid. Cherry tomato like. The red berry fruit washes through to a super long finish. It's hard not to keep sipping this I must admit.
I sampled this over a period of five days and the wine was humming on day four. It was soft yet with great depth, juicy and flavoursome with dark and plummy fruits. The acid had clearly settled by this point. Made for the long haul, it will start to hit its drinking window in three to five years.
Fans of Amarone would be up for this.
Available at the cellar door, online and at Brisbane's Craft Wine Store.
Who: Clovely Estate
What: Shiraz (15% alc)
Where: South Burnett
When: 2012
How much: $90
www.clovely.com.au
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