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Estimate: $160
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"The 1996 Shiraz Draycott Reserve offers an opaque purple color, followed by aromas of toasty new oak intermixed with blackberry jam, prune liqueur, and pepper. Deep, with monstrous levels of extract and viscousness, this superb, multi-layered, fabulously concentrated Shiraz has managed to retain its harmony and balance. It is velvety-textured enough to be drunk now, but should evolve and develop more complexity with another 5-7 years of cellaring. It will keep for 2 decades or more. The wine emerges from the estate's vineyards, and the well-known Rolf Binder (of Veritas fame) is the consulting winemaker. This is a superb source for highly flavorful, intense wines."
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"The 1996 Shiraz Draycott Reserve offers an opaque purple color, followed by aromas of toasty new oak intermixed with blackberry jam, prune liqueur, and pepper. Deep, with monstrous levels of extract and viscousness, this superb, multi-layered, fabulously concentrated Shiraz has managed to retain its harmony and balance. It is velvety-textured enough to be drunk now, but should evolve and develop more complexity with another 5-7 years of cellaring. It will keep for 2 decades or more. The wine emerges from the estate's vineyards, and the well-known Rolf Binder (of Veritas fame) is the consulting winemaker. This is a superb source for highly flavorful, intense wines."
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Renowned for powerful, richly fruited Shiraz, most famously from the Barossa Valley, alongside age-worthy Cabernet and cool-climate whites. A warm climate and old, ungrafted vines produce wines of generosity and depth.
Australia's most famous wine region, home to some of the oldest Shiraz vines on earth. Its warm climate produces rich, full-bodied, deeply fruited reds of great power.
Produces rich, full-bodied Shiraz from some of the world's oldest vines, defined by ripe dark fruit, spice and power.