2021 Samuel's Gorge Shiraz

Another tip-top release of McLaren Vale Shiraz from this crowd-favourite producer.
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If you are looking for a hot tip when visiting McLaren Vale, do yourself a favour and make the journey to Samuel's Gorge.

The cellar door looks out on one of the region's most stunning vistas and the brilliance of the wines only magnifies the experience. This is winemaker Justin McNamee's tribute to the Shiraz grape.

Shiraz, he says, "reins over our province and for that matter, most regions in South Australia. Its magnitude in accessibility ought not to be confused with the magnitude of fruit flavour. It has charmed the world because it delivers concentration but concentration on a multitude of levels."

It's a wine built around texture and balance, not out-and-out power. A more rustic and earthy representation of this famous coupling of variety and place. This is one of McLaren Vale's best-kept secrets.

92 Points - "Super-deep and glass-staining, this wine looks very heavily extracted, but it's not all about concentration. The nose offers mellow aromas of plummy shiraz that are trimmed in peppery spice. The palate tracks the nose faithfully with an excellent interplay between smooth, ripe regional fruit and more savoury elements, flowing long and tightly structured through the finish. Needs time" - Ralph Kyte-Powell (The Real Review)

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    Lovely wine, especially for an occasion!

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Shiraz is a grape that plays a fundamental role in our Australian wine culture. There are many interpretations of this great grape from region to region, producer to producer. Here, we harness the endless blue skies and bright, white light in McLaren Vale to produce a sophisticated wine of harmony and balance.
The 2021 Shiraz is inherently savoury. On the nose, there are meaty notes, leather polish and dried spice. However, as it opens up the fruit profile becomes more apparent, with tart blackberry and purple fig leading the way. Full bodied, without being over the top, this wine has a seriousness to it. The fine tannins provide structure and depth and the aging potential is long. It is a wine of complexity that will drink beautifully paired with a beef fillet, wrapped in mushroom duxelles and pancetta.

Region: McLaren Vale, SA
Blend: Shiraz (100%)
ABV: 14.50%
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Price Bracket $41 to $50
Type Red
Body Full Bodied
Variety Shiraz
Country Australia
Region McLaren Vale
Australian State SA
Reviewed By The Real Review
Critic Score 92
Alcohol 14%
Size 16
Vintage 2021
Closure Cork

Samuel's Gorge

Samuel’s Gorge is one of McLaren Vale’s best-kept secrets. There, in his quiet neck of the woods, owner/winemaker Justin McNamee is on a mission to build “wines that are distinctly Australian with reference to the old world for texture, complexity and harmony.”

The Samuel's Gorge wines may be scarcely available but they are highly renowned. Shiraz and Grenache are considered his forté, but he makes stellar examples of Tempranillo, Graciano, Gamay and more. Justin works with some of McLaren Vale's top vineyards, preferring to entrust the region's top growers to do what they do best, while he concentrates on crafting the wines together and greeting customers at his much-loved cellar door.

These are wines with a distinct personality and a rustic feel, from an adored cult SA producer.

Winemaking wizard Justin MacNamee - never afraid of getting his hands dirty Samuel's Gorge

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