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Paul Osicka Selection Heathcote Sangiovese 2024
DOZEN: $345.60 or $28.80 each
...These ‘Selection’ wines come from outside the estate, and posit another level of value and value add to the existing Osicka stable of wines. This wine feels like a red someone would drink in a tavern, taverna, bistro or trattoria – varietal, accessible, x-factor, deliciousness. Not quite the right label here but close enough. At $28 at full whack this is another gift from the Osicka family.
Red cherry, stewed and fresh, some pomegranate juice, a dash of woody spices, some blood orange, a lick of dark chocolate, a pinch of pepper. Tannins tumble in with a gruff but pleasing and somewhat light chew. A graphite mineral line lends detail and a lift. Acidity takes its cue from the blood orange. Pitch perfect. It sits at around medium weight, it’s chuggable and gluggable and damn good. (93) MIKE BENNIE, The Wine Front
Hand picked, processed without pumping, with whole-berry fruit intact in small open-top fermenters, carbonic maceration pre-ferment, 25 days on skins, pressed and divided between concrete and seasoned French oak. The winemaker believes in the great potential of sangiovese in Heathcote, and why not, when you can enjoy a wine soft, plummy and approachable? It's ripe in black cherries, plums, clove, licorice and spice, with fine, soft tannins in place. Enjoy. JENI PORT, Halliday Wine Companion