Mount Pleasant OP & OH Shiraz 2023

A structural and powerful style of Hunter Shiraz that is a blend of the Old Paddock and Old Hill vineyards made at Mount Pleasant since the 1960s.

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Mount Pleasant OP & OH Shiraz 2023

"For the first time in decades, the wine is made exclusively from the oldest vine material on the estate: fruit from the 1880 vines of Old Hill, planted by Charles King, is blended with fruit from the 1921 vines of Old Paddock, planted by Maurice O'Shea (using Old Hill cuttings). You'll find blackberry, mulberry, dark licorice and spice. The mellow, juicy, dark-fruited base notes define the wine, yet there is also a freshness, energy and brightness. Liquid history.' 96 Points, Special Value, Toni Paterson, Halliday Wine Companion

"Sourced from the Old Paddock and Old Hill vineyards. A wine for peering into its depths, this is delicate with redcurrants, toffee apple and Rainier cherries. A swirl of blackberries and thistle too. Sage leaf, bitter carob and cumin spice. An ideal demonstration of the spectrum of fruit and nuance Shiraz offers when oak is judicious and site is the superstar. Acidity thrills in elegant undulating waves, tannins are silt like. This can rival any fine wine region or varietal, for its purity, definition of lacey texture and plume of perfume. This is innately beautiful and a wondrous wine that speaks not only of remarkable Australian history but of the future of fine wine and the legacy woven in the Mount Pleasant tale. Drink now or cellar further for another 15-20 years. This truly is some of the best value wine for your money, period." 96 Points, Shanteh Wale, Winepilot

"80% Old Paddock, 20% Old Hill.

"Medium-deep purple-red hue with an earthy, faintly smoky/reductive bouquet, the palate medium-full bodied and softly tannic, with ample tannins which are silky smooth and caressing. It has yet to show great complexity but there is potential. It responded well to time in the glass." 93 Points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review

The famed estate of Mount Pleasant has a well-storied past, founded by the visionary of Australian wine, Maurice O’Shea. It includes plantings of ancestral vines of 1880, as well as Australia’s oldest mother vine Pinot Noir planted in 1921 by O’Shea himself. It is the home of some of the first fine wines of Australia, and with just five winemakers over its 100-year history, it has maintained its status as a benchmark of the Hunter classics, Shiraz and Semillon.

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