

96 POINT RATED SAM KIM & 95 POINT RATED JENI PORT WINE PILOT SCHUBERT SENTINEL SHIRAZ
Vintage: | 2016 |
Source/Region: | Barossa Valley, South Australia |
Grape Variety: | Shiraz |
Cellaring: | Drink now or cellar up to 2035 |
Bottle Top: | Foil over cork |
Alcohol Content: | 15.00 |
Standard Drinks: | 8.90 |
Rating: | 95 |
Rich ruby reds fill the glass, and splashes of vibrant crimson appear when the glass is swirled. On the nose there are wafts of freshly roasted coffee, Christmas cake, black currant, dates and baking spices. The palate is rich with flavours of blackberry, black plums, cocoa powder and graphite partnered with fine grain cedar oak tannins and fresh acidity and alcohol warmth. This wines is a complete package; approachable in its youth but also fit for the long haul on the cellar for 15 – 20 years.
The Sentinel Shiraz is crafted from fruit grown in our Roennfeldt Road estate vineyards at Marananga on the western side of the central Barossa Valley. The fruit is hand-picked, destemmed and fermented min 5 tonne open top fermenters with twice daily pump-overs to achieve maximum extraction of colour, flavour and tannin. At the completion of fermentation, the wine is basket pressed and filled to a combination of new (26%) and seasoned (74%) French oak barriques for 16 months.
96 Point Rated - Sam Kim Wine Orbit
"It's immediately appealing with dark berry, cedar, cake spice and dark chocolate aromas, leading to a powerfully expressed palate displaying fleshy texture and beautifully layered mouthfeel. Wonderfully harmonious and lingering with a velvety finish. At its best: now to 2036. $100.00."
95 Point Rated - Jeni Port Wine Pilot
"The Marananga sub-region of the Barossa Valley speaks so clearly in this delightful Shiraz. The area lies on ancient red soils, rich in ironstone and quartzite close to the Valley floor, and is a favourite place for sourcing Shiraz from makers such as Penfolds, Hentley Farm, Chateau Tanunda, amongst others. Schubert delivers lifted scents of dusty cacao, macaroon, aromatic spice, fennel seed, set among a trove of black fruits and fleshy, sweet blueberries. Marananga brings an upfront juiciness to Shiraz fruit combined with a natural ferrous, mineral-led fineness. Even in its youth, which the 2016 definitely is, there is an elegance emerging. Fine, firm tannins from time in new and seasoned French oak are nicely combined. Concentrated and intense, I noted in my tasting that it is a meal in itself. With that in mind, save a glass to savour by itself."
91 Point Rated - Nick Butler The Real Review
"An inky, impenetrable purple colour. Violets and ripest blackberries, olives and plum sauce. This is a bouquet of immense openness. Overt and obvious. Unquestionably ripe though completely drinkable. "
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