2014 Maurice O'Shea Shiraz
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See the 2021 for background information but 18 months in French oak barriques, 40% new . Screwcap. Red core with bricky rim. Much more minty than the 2021, a touch herbal, and yet that ripe fruit is at the core again. Spiced and leathery in aroma, smooth and leathery on the palate. Complex and distinctive. Very long, with a touch of black olive on the finish. (JH)
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James Halliday
Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
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"Arguably, one of the greatest red vintages in living memory", says Mount Pleasant. The flagship wine. Destemmed and crushed, short cold soak, open-fermented, matured in large format French oak (30% new) for 18 months. Has the gently throbbing power of a Rolls Royce; superb, deep crimson-purple hue, itself rare in the Hunter Valley. Countless layers of black fruits have absorbed the oak and put the undoubted tannins into limbo land. O'Shea would have died a happy man had this been his last wine. Dissecting it now is an academic exercise at best, so great is its future. This is as close to a 100-year potential as you are ever likely to find. Feb 2016, www.winecompanion.com.au