Variety	SHIRAZ
Region	BAROSSA
Alc. Content	13.9%
Volume	750 mL

Notes

Tis the season. This is blend No.17, disgorged August 2022. Last year, CM quipped that ‘Walsh tastes all the Turkey Flat wines, except for the sparkling Shiraz’. I added a comma to his quote to improve readability. Aside that, I have a long memory. Rich plum cake, dark chocolate and liquroice, baking spice, maybe even a little violet perfume. It’s bold and rich, lots of cakey dark flavour, some raspberry, though does lean into a savoury new leather and salty beef sort of thing. Bubbles are fine enough, and the whole thing works pretty well (given it’s Sparkling Shiraz). Finish is solid, with a cinch of quinine bitterness. A bit chunky, but quite good.