Kay Brothers Amery Vineyard Hillside Shiraz 2017 - In Bond
- Australia
- Shiraz
- ABV 14.5
- Zalto Denk'Art Bordeaux Glass
Decanter Magazine – Top 10 wineries in McLaren Vale
Alluring notes of smoky charcuterie, thyme, pepper, licorice, blackberry, plum and cedar. The palate is dense and concentrated with lashings of rich dark berry fruits, umami, spice and more liquorice. Supported by textured chocolate tannins lingering on the finish. A powerful wine with plenty of class!!
Gary Walsh, The Wine Front "Blackcurrant, blackberry, liquorice and dark chocolate, discreet cedar spiced oak. It’s full bodied, and full of dark chocolate, roast beef and dried herb, dense in tannin, though not heavy. Finish is very good too, savoury and long. Excellent. Time is on its side."
The French call it ‘patrimoine’ but in the realm of the Kay Brothers, it is simply tradition. The Kay Brothers tradition is to produce full bodied, fruit driven red wines with unabashed confidence. Being the oldest family run estate still to exist in McLaren Vale since acquiring their Amery vineyard in 1891, the Kay Brothers estate is revered both home and abroad for its loyalty to their traditions as well as their ability to produce fantastic wines for more than a century. Of note, however, is the fact that they were one of the first to embrace screwcaps in Australia with all of the winery’s production bottled under this closure today.
With such a long history of winemaking, at the disposal of the winemaking team is an enviable stock of old vine Shiraz yielding immensely concentrated berries which are used in the two superior bottlings, Hillside Amery Shiraz and Block 6 Shiraz. What sets the two wines apart, despite coming from the same terroir, is the more favourable position occupied by the Block 6 plantings. Widely regarded as the junior sibling of the two, the Hillside Amery Shiraz is more approachable when young and offers comforting drinking whilst waiting for the grand Block 6 Shiraz to mature. Medium tanni... Read more Read less
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