Two Hands Gnarly Dudes Shiraz (75cl, 14.5%)

A red wine from the Barossa Valley in South Australia, made entirely from Shiraz. Two Hands Wines was founded in 1999 by Michael Twelftree and Richard Mintz, and Gnarly Dudes takes its name from old, gnarled Shiraz vines in the Barossa Valley. The wine matures for 12 months in French oak, 15% new and the balance one- to six-year-old. Every barrel is blind-tasted and graded from A+ to D, with anything graded C or below excluded. The nose shows black plum, blackberry, vanilla, mocha, cedar, violets and smokiness. The palate brings blackberry, dark cherry, dark chocolate, licorice, black pepper and butterscotch with firm tannins. The finish lingers with Earl Grey tea, smoked paprika, bay leaf and sweet mint.