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  1. Lignee Rouge Shiraz/Pinot 2021 1500ml
    Lignee Rouge Shiraz/Pinot 2021 1500ml

    3 BOTTLE AVAILABLE

    (on the 2018)
    Here’s a collaboration between NSW Sexyboys Will Gilbert (of Mudgee) and Angus Vinden (of Hunter). It’s a 50/50 blend of Hunter Shiraz (1968 block Somerset) and Orange Pinot Noir. Only older oak. 400 magnums filled, and magnums only.

    Smoky, spicy, hazelnut, cherry and raspberry, mint, bright and a bit tangy. Medium-bodied, cranberry acidity, fresh red fruits, a slight fenugreek/aniseed bitterness/perfume thing, frisky and slightly stalky, strawberry and spice on a long cool finish, graphite tannin trailing. So interesting. Vibrant and translucent. Great to drink too. 94+ Gary Walsh, THE WINE FRONT

    2021
    Pinot noir, shiraz
    Australia
    407
  2. Mount Pleasant Maurice O’Shea Shiraz 2018
    Mount Pleasant Maurice O’Shea Shiraz 2018

    I was asked to guess the fruit source for this wine, and I pretty much got it right. That’s an introduction Campbell would NEVER write. Anyway, 1880 vines, with a mix of Rosehill 1946 and 1965 making up the other half. O’Shea is now the wine it always should have been. Thank you.

    Boysenberry, red fruits, earthy, perfumed, aniseed/flowing basil and rose perfume. Medium-bodied, crunchy and energetic, the acidity so bright yet calm, supple but kind of coal dust tannin, coolness, grip and supreme length on the finish. Tightly knit, lithe, and bounding into the future with supreme confidence and optimism. Magnificent. 97+ GARY WALSH

    2018
    shiraz
    Australia
    407
  3. Mount Pleasant Old Paddock & Old Hill Shiraz 2022
    Mount Pleasant Old Paddock & Old Hill Shiraz 2022
    All the 1880 Old Hill went into this wine in 2022. 20% new French oak. It's labelled O.P. & O.H. again, though some years it was Old Paddock and Old Hill, which kind of makes the search function a bit of a nightmare, so I've added all the words. 
     
    Iodine, quite umami, porcini mushroom, dark fruit and liquorice, a little spicy biscuit and cedar oak in tow. Medium-bodied, dark fruit and spice, earth and dark chocolate, tannin has grip and fleshiness, a little rugged maybe, but sits well within the wine, and the finish is pretty deep and earthy, with some boysenberry freshness to close. Quite savoury, but kind of typical OP & OH in that way. GARY WALSH, The Wine Front
    2020
    shiraz
    Australia
    407
  4. Mount Pleasant 1880 vines Old Hill Shiraz 2021
    Mount Pleasant 1880 vines Old Hill Shiraz 2021

    Hand picked in three passes, three-day cold soak, nine days on skins, 12 months in French oak. Aromas of fresh earth and leather are matched by red berry and plum fruits, all replayed on the medium-bodied palate. It's the overall juicy freshness and elegance that define this wine and its terroir. (98) JAMES HALLIDAY 

    From 141 year old vines, it says on the front label. Curiously, I'm tasting this from a Penfolds branded Shiraz glass, and the contrast could not be more stark. I'm not sure why I have this glass, well, I do know I grabbed it out of the cupboard, though I don't know where it came from. I reckon it must be something my partner was given some years back?

    So clean, such a pure expression of Hunter Shiraz. Boysenberry, raspberry, perfume of aniseed and roses, a discreet sweet soil earthiness. It's medium-bodied, gentle but tightly packed tannin, fresh feel, expressive and bursting with just-ripe berry flavour, and a super long finish that shows some iron and subtly earthy, and classic, Hunter red fruit. Wonderful. So very good. What a superb wine! (97) GARY WALSH, The Wine front

    2021
    shiraz
    Australia
    407
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