Offering a beautifully structured nose with layers of complexity

The full-bodied palate is lively

the supporting tannins are somewhat drying and this tends to cut the finish short

deftly supported by 60% new oak

or 22% of the entire appellation)

Grant Burge, Meshach Shiraz Vintage:2016 Offering a beautifully structured noseThe 2016 Meshach Shiraz is a blend of several old vine parcels located between Rowland Flat and Tanunda and yields that average between one and two tonnes per acre. Matured a year and a half in 18% new French oak hogsheads, with the balance from second to sixth use, it exhibits aromas of cigar box (vanilla, cedar and spice) alongside ripe blackberry and mulberry fruit. Full bodied, velvety and rich, it's tannic and built to age but isn't entirely