2023 Nicks Secret YP Single Vineyard Greenock Shiraz

Produced by a husband and wife team whose wines have previously featured under our Nicks Secret guise, this Shiraz delivers on Barossa Valley’s hallmark power and richness yet is both complex and refined. Sourced from a single vineyard located in the Greenock sub district, it’s matured for 19 months in French oak of which 10% is new.

Sensuous Barossa Shiraz that combines complexity with a refined opulence.

Impenetrable inky black heart with a deep dark red black tinged hue. Filling the nostrils are enticing scents of dark plum, liquorice, blackberry and blueberry which are complimented by some smoked earth, dried herb, vanillin cedar and peppered dried meat notes. Rich, plush and sensuous across the medium to full bodied palate, expansive spicy dark plum, liquorice, black cherry and blueberry fruits overlay a dried herb, scorched earth, subtle black olive and peppered dried meat back drop. Displaying a refined opulence, it has slightly grainy tannins and concludes long, fresh and succulent with a savoury edge.
Drink over the next 4-5 years.
Alc. 13.6%

Other Reviews….
Shiraz sourced from the Materne family vineyard in Greenock; matured in a 3000L French oak vat and puncheons. ******* have been in fine form lately and this shiraz from the western Barossa is on song. It's got a real ferrous, meaty edge this year which is really appealing. Fruit all pure plum, blackberry and black cherry with hints of dried herbs, roasting game meats, earth, olive tapenade, wood spice and pressed flowers. Powdered, sandy tannins, fine, lacy acidity and a core of fruit that travels long and true on the finish. Drink by 2040.
95 Points
Dave Brookes – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

This is the eleventh release I have seen of this wine and this 2023 from a cooler year is easily the best.
From a single vineyard planted in 1988 just to the north of Greenock, this patch has been farmed by the Materne family for four generations. It sees a seasoned 3000L French oak vat and puncheons (10% new) for 19 months prior to bottling (unfiltered).
What a start! Dried violets and purple flowers, baked blueberries and mulberries – the opening is fragrant and oh-so inviting. The shape and weight are guided by the 13.6% alcohol and the flow it delivers is blisteringly good. Davidson plums, blue and purple fruits mingle with melted chocolate, black earth, twigs and floral tea. Juicy and devilishly moreish, it moves and sways about with supreme ease. The longer it sits, the more detail comes to the fore. Char, pan juices and cola cling to a captivating finish brushed with delicate spices. A long, moreish length oozes class. Brilliant stuff.
Drink to ten years+
95 Points
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