Mount Pleasant Rosehill Shiraz 2023

Rosehill was first planted by Maurice O'Shea in 1946, a special site of rare volcanic soils, unique elevation and northeasterly aspect that produces bright and elegant red-fruited Shiraz.

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Tasting Notes

Mount Pleasant Rosehill Shiraz 2023
"From the vineyard or Rosehill, established in 1946; this a blend of 1946 and 1965.

MB: Medium weight, supple and succulent, a sense of density and concentration, quite sweet-fruited with a core of black olive, ginger biscuit, sage leaf, aniseed and choc-liquorice. Feels dense but sits high in the palate, satiny and then a fine trill of grainy, tensing tannins. Indeed, tannin quality is great here. Almost a pinosity to this wine too. Great charm. 95 points.

KS: Immediate appeal. Cherry pie and black olive, rose water. It’s quite plummy too, a mix of dried bitter herbs, pink peppercorn, black tea tannins, cool, soft, with bergamot orange lift, full-flavoured, filles the mouth, slightly broad in that way but translucent in the flow making it medium-bodied at best but impactful flavour with a ferrous and peppery finish. Has a bit of a chew to the end and dusty aftertaste. Just feels a bit obvious, but very good. Good appeal. 93 points

GW; Boysenberry, dark raspberry, violet and dried rose, some sweet damp earthiness and biscuit spice. Medium-bodied, ripe black and red fruit, a bit richer and more brooding this year, black olive savoury, some dried herb too, tannin is fleshy and there’s a spicy finish of good length. Nice. 94+ points." 95 Points, The Wine Front

"Medium-deep bright red-purple colour, the bouquet reserved and a shade quiet at this early stage of its life: attractve red cherry and subtle spice with a veil acorss its face at present. The palate is light-medium bodied and brings raspberry to the party, backed by finely grained, filigree tannins. Lovely bright fruit—peppery on the high back palate—and accessible drinking qualities." 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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