Tasting Notes
colour
A very deep dark purple.
aroma
Fragrant warm spices complement the dark plum fruit intensity of this single vineyard wine.
palate
The palate is perfectly balanced with layers of flavour. Concentrated ripe fruits of dark plum and cherry, along with warm baking spices and a touch of peaty, earthiness from the tannins. A persistent long finish ensures that this wine will be long remembered.
cellaring
Cellar for 2–10 years.
Technical
vintage
The growing season was ideal, warm but not hot, a perfect amount of rainfall in the growing season allowed fruit to be picked at relatively low potential alcohol, but with a ripe and super fine tannin structure.
winemaking
The Pinnacle vineyard is the highest, steepest site on the estate. Fruit is hand-picked and 100% destemmed, allowing the fruit purity to really shine. The fruit from this site is the earliest ripening and most concentrated of the single site blocks at Dalwhinnie. Aged in 20% new French oak puncheons for 15 months.
region
Pyrenees
variety
Shiraz
analysis
- Alcohol: 14.0%
Reviews
Halliday Wine Companion 2024
Fabulous wine. Powerful, complex and long. Pure plum into meaty spice into forest berries into fragrant herbs. You can taste the fruit, the soil and the wood, but it all presents as one. And then there's the finish. What a finish. Structured, textural, flavoursome and long. This wine is the complete package.
97
The Real Review 2023
With air, notes of bay leaf, red plums and raspberries emerge. The core of fruit is red berry centric and conveys a sense of lightness, helped by the fine and silty tannins which emerge. Hung meats and mulch add to the flavour profile, offsetting the pretty red fruits. This has a lovely sense of fruit purity and great staying power. It's composed with great aging potential.
93
