RockcliffeThird Reef Shiraz 2017
Dry, Full Bodied style of Shiraz
Independent winery
About this product
Dry, Full Bodied style of ShirazIndependent wineryThe 2017 vintage really brings to life the dense fruit concentration of plum and dark berries. The ripe and juicy fruit combined with long fine tannins and lingering spice. Elegant perfumed bouquet of bramble fruits and savoury spice. The fine ripe tannins are very well integrated with fruity and savoury characters providing a velvety texture on the palate.
The 2017 vintage really brings to life the dense fruit concentration of plum and dark berries. The ripe and juicy fruit combined with long fine tannins and lingering spice. Elegant perfumed bouquet of bramble fruits and savoury spice. The fine ripe tannins are very well integrated with fruity and savoury characters providing a velvety texture on the palate.
- TypeShiraz
- Size750mL
- RegionGreat Southern
- Current Vintage2017 - Vintage is not guaranteed and may vary store to store or when delivered.
- Standard Drinks8.6
- Alcohol Volume15.0%
- CountryAustralia
- StateWestern Australia
- Brand NameRockcliffe
- ClosureScrew Cap
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
- More about the Dan Murphy's Wine Panel
Dan Murphy's Wine Panel
Australia's premier retail wine assessment panel
Vintage 2017
93 points
A mid-weight, gently savoury style showing sweet spiced blue fruit and black cherry. It's very well balanced, in fact, it's poised. Complex, yet easy drinking, in the modern "bistro", food-friendly style.
James Halliday
Australian wine writer, critic and winemaker
Vintage 2017
95 points
There is a looser tannic weave compared to the firmer, more tactile tannins of the single site wine and yet this is every bit as appealing, especially to drink on the mid-term to earlier scale. The lilac florals and dried seaweed varietal DNA is more apparent. Less oak, but this facilitates a transparent stream of fruit, pepper grind and a finish that is as long if not a little less dense; more balletic and kinetic, rather than tightly coiled.
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