2016 Bella´s Garden Barossa Valley Shiraz Two Hands

A wine that always seems to deliver, the 2016 Shiraz Bella's Garden comes from the Barossa Valley and saw a touch of whole clusters and 18 months in roughly 20% new French oak. Blueberries, black raspberries, vanilla bean, spice, and toasted bread notes all flow to a full-bodied, ripe, opulent Shiraz that has sweet tannin, a balanced, clean profile, and a great finish. It's a knockout bottle of wine to enjoy over the coming 5-7 years.

Opaque ruby. Smoke-tinged dark berry preserves, vanilla, licorice and a hint of exotic spices on the perfumed nose. Fleshy, sweet and broad on the palate, offering sappy cherry-cola and blackberry flavors and a touch of fruitcake. Finishes smoky and very long, with a repeating vanilla note and supple tannins that add closing grip.

Red Complex, opening with a distinctive floral note of dried lavender that adds an aromatic lift to the polished blackberry, cherry and black pepper flavors. Dark, dense and concentrated at the core. Details of spice, vanilla and clove mingle on the finish. Drink now through 2028.-M.W.

Michael Twelftree er manden bag Two Hands, der baserer forretningen på opkøb af druer fra selvstændige druedyrkere. Garden-serien er deres områdespecifikke blandinger af flere parceller og Bellas garden handler kun om Barossa. Twelftree har de seneste årøget indholdet af helklaser og stilke i vinene, og jeg gætter på stilkandvendelse her. Her smager man alkohol, og det lidt likøragtige udtryk som Barossa er blevet kendt for, men syren er brysk på den gode måde og håndteringen af fadet er rutineret og kirugisk. Eftersmagen og duften med god iltning giver mindelser om glacering i hoisinsauce, men der syrlige gojibær til at løfte.

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