2020 Wendouree Shiraz 750ml Sweet Cider Ageing: 12 months in French

Ageing: 12 months in French (27% new) and American (8% new) oak hogsheads

This is certainly one of the longest and most elegant The Struie I have tasted

The wines are produced in small batches from grapes grown in a cool-climate

underground cellars to mature for over two years

2020 Wendouree Shiraz 750ml Sweet Cider Ageing: 12 months in French"A straight Shiraz from 1919 Eastern and 1893 Central. As an aside, Ive never noticed quite so much oak in the Shiraz as I have in 2019 and 2020. Its not over the top, I should say, just noticeable. Opens with some char and toasty oak, which settles back into the wine with some air. Black fruit, coffee and liquorice, cracked black pepper and dried herb floral perfume. Its full bodied, very dense and concentrated, masses of chewy ferrous tannin, iodine