1996St.HallettBlackwellShiraz

Sans This wine is named in honour of St. Hallett’s winemaker, Stuart Blackwell who sources the best parcels of old vine Barossa Shiraz to produce this wine. The superb 1996 vintage conditions have resulted in a wine with greater weight and richness than has been the case with previous vintages. Deep crimson colour. Aromatic nose of aniseed, liquorice, spice with blackpepper and plum in the background.The palate is full bodied with flavours of vanilla oak, plum, spice and confectionary dominant, with a trace of blackpepper at the end.Fine grained tannins, followed by plum, liquorice, chocolate and spice aftertaste. Cellar 5-8 years.