Magpie Estate, Blacksock other_regions Strong oak spice cannot hide

Strong oak spice cannot hide the magnificently expressive black fruit aromas or the sweet

This offers concentrated peach and apple aromas and flavors

which follow through to a full body

the rest featuring a mix of traditional Pommard selections and Wadenswil – a pair he in fact favors for his sparkling wine-destined parcels – and selected Dijon clones

indeed seamless and comes across as more compact yet also more powerful

Magpie Estate, Blacksock other_regions Strong oak spice cannot hideThe prodigious 1998 Shiraz Mourvedre Black Sock (80% Shiraz and 20% Mourvedre from 60 100 year old vines) is a blockbuster. Aged for a whopping 30 months in American wood, this opaque purple colored wine offers an almost essence of blackberry and cherry fruit intermixed with earth, leather, charcoal, and new wood. The wine is full bodied, spectacularly concentrated, with multiple levels to its mid palate, and a whoppingly powerful, rich finish. I was