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Coonawarra Shiraz 2021

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  Vintage 2021
  93 Points

2021 is proving to be a very good vintage in Coonawarra, as many releases hit the market. Penley Hyland Shiraz boasts a hearty density, with spiced black fruit intensity as the dominant character. Notes of exotic warm spice and a touch of chocolate add further layers of interest. Heart-warming stuff.

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  Vintage 2021
  92 Points Halliday Wine Companion

Fermented with 30% whole bunches then matured in all-French oak. There's a sweetness to the flavour profile here, as is shiraz's want, which gives the wine a general feeling of cuddliness. We're sinking into raspberries, red cherries and musk here, with slips of vanilla custard and cedar, too, though it's fruit, fresh and delicious, that does the bulk of the talking. Spice and stalk-like flavours are present but not dangerous. Everything here talks of balance, and it drinks a treat in result.