The biggest and darkest of the Thomas Wines Shiraz releases, there is a softer side to this Sweetwater Ridge. Like a face plant into a blueberry pie, this is an impressive medium-bodied delight.
The Sweetwater Ridge comes from the Belford subregion of the Hunter Valley. One of the first picked, it's broad with more palate weight than others in the range.
Give it a decant and it's absolutely humming. Mulberries, red currants and plums join fine lines of silky milk chocolate and dried thyme. Earthy with some evidence of the ironstone soils it is grown in, it is draped in those fine spices for which the Hunter Valley is known. A beautiful drink that will only develop with more bottle age, and like The Dam Block, this is punching above its $40RRP.
Drink to ten years+
94/100
Region: Hunter Valley
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