Variety	Shiraz
Country	Australia
Region	McLaren Vale
Year	2016
Volume	750 mL

Notes

100% shiraz from Blewitt Springs in McLaren Vale. All French oak for 18 months. Stand-out packaging. This is the new label of Andrew Hardy, ex-Petaluma and of course, a Hardy. There's an old-vine release (with a $225 pricetag, and apparently too limited to be sent as samples) and this $38 release, which was grown on vines roughly 20 years old.This is a ripping shiraz. It charges at you and let's you have it, and it does so in such fine style. Maybe there are some floral notes but really it's just drenched in dark, baked plum-like flavour, combined with asphalt and graphite, and then there's that rich, dark chocolatey goodness too. It's the tannin though that really lets rip. This shiraz is polished and modern and yet it doesn't pussy-foot around. It's been made by a Hardy in a hearty style, ha ha, but it doesn't rest on its laurels, it goes straight for the jugular.95 PointsCampbell Mattinson - The Wine Front