If there was a book title to sum up this wine, I’d go for a ‘Brief History of Time’. Apart from the fact that this is one of the most sumptuously dark wine’s I’ve seen, it looks like a black hole in a glass, but it’s goiong to take at least a decade before its in it’s prime – and boy will it be worth the wait! The nose is heavy, and smells of fresh earth and fruit, while the fruit, oak and tannins have welded together so perfectly you cant even make out the alcohol. Drink by 2025 at the earliest.
James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion: 94 The vines are more than 70yo, 100yo slate open fermenters, hand-plunged, basket-pressed, matured in 25% new French and 75% used French and American oak. Dense, inky purple-crimson, this is a vinous black hole in space, fruit, oak and tannins implacably welded together, not allowing the alcohol to make a mark. Rich rewards for patience (minimum 10 years).
Don't Pay: $28.00
WBW Rating: 94/100
Closure: Stelvin
Region: Clare Valley, SA
Winemaker: Liz Heidenreich
Drink now until: 2038
Alc/Vol: 15.2 %