Truly iconic Australian Shiraz from an excellent vintage
which lends the wine the typical characteristics and fine qualities of the Alto Maipo area
Flavours of bramble
The Chardonnay component offers fresh citrus and butterscotch on the nose
herbaceous notes smoke
Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore 2013 Prosecco Truly iconic Australian Shiraz fromMore from Ornellaia Very dense ruby, almost black in the core. Warm looking nose, definitely southern, ripe dark fruit, plum compote, cloves, dried flowers, oregano, very good complexity. Lush prelude, here is some meat on the bone, finest, very distinctive tannins, rather deep acidity, the structure carries the sweeping fruit, actually rather a fruit concentrate, the wine is enormously concentrated, a little too powerful for my taste, qualitative but