Ulithorne

Avitus McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017

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  Vintage 2017
  96 points

This is magnificently styled and expressed; the perfumed bouquet shows dark fruit richness with dark chocolate, cedar, potpourri and warm spice characters, followed by a concentrated palate that’s generous and graceful. It’s seamless and flowing with outstanding fruit richness and silky texture, delightfully enhanced by seductive savoury nuances. At its best: now to 2032.

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  Vintage 2017
  96 points

An outstanding wine, one that represents McLaren Vale in the finest possible way. The fruit quality is magnificent - the vineyard management and fruit selection protocols are clearly fastidious. The winemaking team only need to allow the fruit to fully express, and to add the final gloss of oak. Gorgeously unctuous ripe, dark shiraz with earthy, chocolate overtones, heady spices and all wrapped in a suggestion of finest oak. A special occassion red.