Sniffing this wine is like having someone slock you ‘round the face with a cocoa-dusted stocking stuffed with ripe blackcurrants, fresh green herbs, roasted spices and smoky oak.  Concentrated, refreshing and packed with character – it’s one of those red wines that’ll have you reaching for your slippers, robe and pipe even if it is the middle of the day.  Shiraz = syrah.  They are the same grape.

Sip with: those gourmet beef sausages you’ve been eyeing up through the butchers window…

Earthworks (Barossa) 2014 Shiraz

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