The nose is pretty, with violets and a blackberry hedge in the morning mist, like a subdued French perfume – all nuance and suggestion rather than an overt statement. The fruit speaks with the same understated confidence, coming from a single vineyard in Eden Valley. There are measured blackberry, biting tart blackcurrant and cranberry high notes, all drawn taut into a long savoury finish. A grand, handsome wine, elegantly constructed.
98 Points Decanter Magazine
The 2022 Where Eagles Dare Shiraz hails from the Mattschoss vineyard, high up in the Eden Valley. The fruit was handpicked and fermented using indigenous yeasts in a single concrete egg. It was later matured for 12 months in fine-grained French oak, but I believe it is the egg that protects and encourages the clarity of fruit expression on the mid-palate. There are notes of raspberry and raspberry leaf tea, dark chocolate and mulberry, crushed quartz, blood and wilted roses. It's a beautiful wine, lingering and wispy in its way, yet remaining true to its full-bodied capacity. It is billowing and grounded at once. My only, minor quibble, is a slightly drying finish, although it is overtaken by fruit flavor if given the chance. 14.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. 1,100 bottles filled.
95/100 Wine Advocate
