So it’s time to delve into something a bit more serious with the current tasting of a 2015 Curtis Vineyards Limited Series Shiraz. The wine was initially closed on popping the cork, but once it ran through the aerator and left to it’s own devices for a couple of hours the fragrant released was outstanding. This was a hint of what was to come when tasting. It’s an initial fruit blast full of berries and plums with a subtle vanilla sweetness from the American oak. There are smooth tannins, great legs, great colour and a nice spicy, chocolaty finish which seemingly keeps going and going. This is a complex but outstanding wine but is it worth the rrp of $100? Well, not really, because it always seems to be discounted online for about $70 and at that price it’s worthwhile to dip the toe in for a few and sit them down for another 10 years if cellared correctly. It finishes with a Welly’s Wine Score of 88/100.
