Cape Barren Rare Bird McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018

Immensely powerful, the wine is brimming with blackberry, cedary oak, cake spice and chocolate tart characters, wonderfully supported by lavish texture and beautifully melded tannins. It's bold and sophisticated at the same time, delivering substantial weight and layers of complex flavours, making it sensually seductive and gratifying. 97pts Sam Kim, Wine Orbit. Cape Barren has a fleet of wines memorably depicting various birds on their labels. A 97pt wine is a rare bird indeed. Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot is if anything more emphatic: "We have plushness and richness. The wine is chockful of chocolate, cassis, blackberries, and licorice. Flavour out the wahzoo! Just what one would hope for from a premium Shiraz from a great vintage from one of our top regions. Gorgeous texture, balance immaculate and the length really impressive. Delicious. 97pts."