HJ RESErVE

SHIrAZ 2010
McLAREN VALE

HISTORY WINEMAKER Palate

This is the ninth release of an Olivers Taranga Corrina Wright, 6th Generation family mem What a palate! Dense and luscious, the 2010
Reserve Shiraz. Selected from the best HJ Reserve Shiraz delivers at every level on
parcels of old vine Shiraz, it has been barrel GRAPE VARIETY the palate. Dark chocolate, sweet spices,
selected and bottle aged for the optimum 100% Shiraz slight char and blackberry characters meld
flavour and enhancement. beautifully with the layers of fine grained
tannins. Seriously generous and rich -
REGION
THE VINTAGE 100% McLaren Vale
excellent with roasted meats or slow-cooked
The 2010 was a spectacular year-one of the ragu.
best of the decade. After a few years of heat
waves and droughts, 2010 was perfect with
ALCOHOL OAK TREATMENT
15%
a mild growing season, rain at all the right 50% new French Oak - the HJ spends 30
times and no heat shocks months in barrel
COLOURDark Maroon
CELLARING
AROMA 10+ years
Sweet plummy fruits, spicy oak input and
violet florals

WHAT THE WRITERS HAVE TO SAY...

Made in a style some love and others love to loathe. For me, its a now and then
proposition. Im happy wines like this still exist even if my buying habits have
drifted elsewhere.
High grade toasty, charry vanilla oak and its laid on thick. Intensely sweet fruit
will gobble it up over time. A raisin and caramel edge but boisterous fresher
black and purple berries animate the palate. Layered with rich chocolate,
animal hide, licorice, soy, cloves and other baking spices. A bigun for sure
with a spirity edge, but otherwise balanced with very fine tannin and no issue
regarding length. Id be laying it down for a number of years myself.
Wine will eat itself 93 + points

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