Winery Notes (2021 Vintage)
"With premium fruit sourced from carefully selected sites around McLaren Vale and the Adelaide Hills, the Estate Series proudly displays the fusion of hands-on vineyard practices with the passion we have for making wines of character and depth, whilst remaining true to the hallmark Shottesbrooke style of elegance and finesse.
Intense red fruit freshness and darker fruit characters dominate the bouquet, with hints of spicy black pepper upon some delicate oak. Elegant, rich and full flavoured, the palate shows some initial fruit sweetness with nuances of dark chocolate. Structured tannins pull it all together, and the oak adds some subtle vanilla characters on the finish."
Reviews for the 2018 vintage below…
5 Stars & 93/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, April 2021 (2018 Vintage)
"Combining beautifully ripe fruit flavours with spicy complexity, the wine shows blackberry, anise, dark chocolate and roasted nut aromas together with velvety texture and silky tannins, making it enticing and immediately drinkable At its best: now to 2028."