Sister’s Run Epiphany McLaren Vale Shiraz 2022 (Australia)

Description

Chocolate, Oak, Spice

"Opulent and gorgeously complex, the perfumed bouquet shows dark fruit richness, cake spice, toasty oak and dark chocolate characters, leading to a concentrated palate offering excellent depth and plush texture. Tannins are polished and beautifully infused, making it velvety and deliciously appealing. At its best: now to 2037" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Sep 2024

Dark yet bright; purple-black. Earth and spice; plums and ripe blackberries freshly picked. Nosegays of hard herbs such as rosemary and thyme; wildflowers, dried; and a distant waft of eucalypt. An enticing combination of aromatics and bouquet, suggesting a friendly and approachable red wine. Both dark and bright plum flavours mixed with this wine’s more earthy and herbal edge. Hints of rounded, ripe fruits interplay with more tart and acidic berry notes and textures. There is grip and there is width across the palate, but also a line of subtle fruit acidity balancing the gruffer tannins. Long; giving.

Food Pairing: Have you ever eaten a proper Toulouse Sausage? Have you really actually tasted one? Well this red wine provides you with a kind of passport to find one and cook it. Perhaps some lentils, perhaps some salad leaves, perhaps - no definitely - some mustard. And this wine. Oh, and you will need at least 20 cm of Toulouse Sausage.