2017 Grampians Estate St. Ethel's Great Western Shiraz

Matured in a combination of French and American oak. Totally opaque black dark red colour with a deep dark red hue. Intense aromatics of dark plum, liquorice and blackberry jump out of the glass with spicy vanillin oak, choc mint and earth notes also evident. Plump dark plum, liquorice, mocha and spicy vanillin oak flavours have velvety feel as they move across the medium bodied palate. Silky smooth tannins are beautifully integrated. Good power with a long, smooth and sumptuous aftertaste that sees the appearance of some choc mint characters.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 13.5%

Other Reviews….
100% Great Western shiraz, 67% from the Garden Gully Vineyard (established 1878), 33% Arrawatta Vineyard. French and American oak, new and old. It's a wine of power and length and much more besides. It's a shining example of this grape variety in this region. It tastes of jellied black cherry, pure plum, anise, leather and black pepper. Sweet oak plants a light kiss and no more. Look hard and you'll find black olive and saltbush notes. It's that kind of wine; seamless, complex and seductive at once. Drink by 2040.
96 points
Campbell Mattinson – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion