Jackson Brooke 'Westgate Vineyard' Shiraz 2021 Size::1 Bottle Plums and cherries with spice

Plums and cherries with spice

with surprising complexity

Slightly filtered and fined

Cassis is the French word for blackcurrant

Even at this humble level the Oratoire vines yield just 30 hectolitres per hectare

Jackson Brooke 'Westgate Vineyard' Shiraz 2021 Size::1 Bottle Plums and cherries with spiceThe Westgate vineyard in the Grampians is renowned for making some tip top wines, and this is no exception. Its ripe and juicy, coming across like strawberry topping after opening, with a burst of raspberry, blackberry, pepper, plum, spice and clove. Like the Meunier, it turns more savoury after some air time, but the fruit never leaves, instead singing at a higher pitch if drunk with some food (I had Hungarian goulash). Despite the 14. 5% alcohol,