Three Rings Shiraz (75cl, 14.9%)

Three Rings Shiraz is a red wine from Barossa Valley, South Australia, made entirely from Shiraz. The fruit comes from a single vineyard in the Kalimna sub-region, where vines averaging 85 years old grow in sandy loam over black clay soils. The wine is made as a medium-bodied, restrained expression of Barossa Shiraz, with site character driving the wine rather than a blockbuster style. It is best served at around 16-18°C and ideally decanted for 30 minutes. The nose opens with black pepper and violets, then plum, cassis, star anise, cedar, tobacco leaf and spicy oak char. The palate is rich with blackberry and dark berry fruit, a fleshy, creamy texture, espresso, dark chocolate and baking spice. The finish is long, with tobacco, oak, mint, fine-grained tannins, graham cracker and cedar.