Vanessa Vale. With a name like that, it sounds more like the girl down the road whom you used to have a teenage crush on, but no, it's a new addition to the Thomas Wines Shiraz range.
From a site on Hermitage Road, not far from the Thomas Wines cellar door, it walks with the opulence you'd expect from Andrew Thomas Shiraz. Littered with interest, red berries, red cherries, cherry cola and sarsaparilla capture your attention early. With time in the glass, raspberry rope and char wriggles forward with a lengthy finely spiced tail. Plump, fat and drying tannins seize ownership of the wine with a persistent and drying finish to boot it home. I'd be curious to see how this looks in years to come - there is no doubting its aging potential. Good stuff.
Drink to eight years+
92/100
Region: Hunter Valley
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