This is red-fruited and floral with hints of walnuts and cocoa in the background
The 2020 Dolcetto d'Alba is fresh
Chouilly and Oiry
concentrated and intense
It takes the proverbial “iron fist in a velvet glove” to the next level: you can practically taste the iron
Torbreck The Steading Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2021 Vintage This is red-fruited and floralThe 2021 The Steading is incredibly sweet on the nose: summer raspberries, blood plums, black cherry, licorice, star anise, some cardamom and chewing tobacco. This offers insane value for money, at around $40AUD, but then, I feel like it has been that price for at least a decade, so it has been an insane value for a long time. This is reliable, delicious, complex, plush generous and, through the lens of this lovely cool vintage, a superstar. The best