Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Jeb Dunnuck
The star of the Two Hands releases is the 2016 Angels' Share Shiraz and it has a deep, beautifully concentrated style. Cassis, spice-box, chocolate and floral notes all emerge from this layered, concentrated, elegant wine that has sweet tannin and a beautiful finish. It's a classy Shiraz that has loads to love. Drink it over the coming 5-6 years.
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Wine Spectator
Rich and fleshy, with ripe and round plum and cherry flavors, offering hints of cola, sage and green tea that linger on the finish. A fresh, juicy quality keeps everything in focus. Drink now through 2027.
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Wine Enthusiast
This wine offers warming aromas of baking spice, cherry, chocolate brownies, ripe plums and some leafy notes. The palate is well-balanced by savory, chalky tannins.
Marked by an unmistakable deep purple hue and savory aromatics, Syrah makes an intense, powerful and often age-worthy red. Native to the Northern Rhône, Syrah achieves its maximum potential in the steep village of Hermitage and plays an important component in the Red Rhône Blends of the south, adding color and structure to Grenache and Mourvèdre. Syrah is the most widely planted grape of Australia and is important in California and Washington. Sommelier Secret—Such a synergy these three create together, the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre trio often takes on the shorthand term, “GSM.”
Known for opulent red wines with intense power and concentration, McLaren Vale is home to perhaps the most “classic” style of Australian Shiraz. Vinified on its own or in Rhône Blends, these hot-climate wines are deeply colored and high in extract with signature hints of dark chocolate and licorice. Cabernet Sauvignon is also produced in a similar style.
Whites, often made from Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc tend to be opulent and full of tropical, stone and citrus fruit.