$150.00
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Region: Hunter Valley
Grapes: Shiraz
First Glance: Iconic, Black Fruit, Medium Weight, Age-worthy
Acclaim: 97pts
The Wine:
Vat 9 is a blend of the best old blocks on the Tyrrell Estate ‘Ashmans’, where the oldest vines date back to 1892. Most of the blend is from vineyards, the Weinkeller and Short Flat. The wine is allowed to mature in mostly large new French oak barrels. An incredibly graceful and fragrant, yet powerful wine.
The Review:
Campbell Mattinson, Wine Companion - 97pts
"This is stellar. The length, the breadth, the form, the immaculate rollout of tannin. It shows cherry plum, earth, violet and spice but the sum of such humble parts is so much more than that. Milk chocolate from oak simply goes with the flow. We stand in the presence of something resembling greatness."
