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17
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94
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Tasting Notes
Michael Shiraz is Wynns Coonawarra Estate’s best-of-vintage Shiraz. Named after David Wynn’s young son, the fruit used for this wine comes from the best vineyard sites in Coonawarra and is only made in years when the best quality fruit is available. The wine is a legend of the Australian wine story with good examples of the 1955 Michael offering an outstanding experience.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity
Classification: Red
Variety: Shiraz
Vintage: 2019
Bottle Size: 750ml (Bottle)
Country: Australia
Region: South Australia, Coonawarra
Alcohol %: 13.4%
Cellaring: 15 Plus Years
Scores
17 / 20"Deep cassis, and dark forest fruits with a spiced note. Nice bloody note cuts through the wood-smoke, camp-fire notes, plum and prune and then finishes with a layered, deep, smoke-intense, wild-animal-infused finish. Lots going on here. Ripe, textured and long."
- Alistair Cooper MW
94 / 100
"Michael has been produced since the mid-1950s. It’s named after David Wynn’s son. The 2019 release is ripe, svelte and fine-grained. It has both finesse and balance, which is something given the boldness of the fruit here. Raspberries, graphite, bay leaves and cherry-pie flavours make a clear, bold statement on quality. There’s a gentle creaminess at play too but long gone are the days when Michael Shiraz is awash with oak; this release is no doubt polished but you have to go looking for the oak, such is its integration. You could keep this wine, in the right conditions of course, for 20 or 30 (or likely more) years and it would still be singing."
- Campbell Mattinson
