Phillip White 95+++ Points!
Phillip White 95+++ Points!"An extra year of cellaring has unlocked just enough of this wine's mystery to earn it another point. The biggest change is in its whole form, not its myriad aromatic components. It is letting us have just a slightly deeper glimpse into its brooding soul. It's ever-so-slightly softer. The nougat and maraschino cherries are fresher and brighter in their silky smooth way, with that decorative ooze of raspberry offering plush counterpoint to neatly, precisely spicy oak. That spice intermingles perfectly with the smell of the rocks and the sparse dirt of that hard old hill. Its flavours are tight and feminine in a fit, willowy way, but it's intense and surly and its velvety tannins draw it out across your palate in such a languid but authoritative manner ... the fact that this vineyard is actually on Roennfeldt's is often overlooked: if Michael held the wine for release as a five-year-old, with the Roennfeldt's Cabernet Sauvignon and the Shiraz, I'm sure we would all hold it in much deeper awe. In other words, this is the bargain of the bunch. Unbelievable. It holds its head very high amongst the swelling mob of top-quality Grenache wines from the Barossa and McLaren Vale, and with structure like this, and the mighty force we can expect from this vineyard, it will probably outlive them."
Phillip White
Country:
Australia
Region:
SA- Barossa Valley
Variety:
Wine Red - Grenache
Size:
750mL
