Mother Tongue Shiraz, Barossa Valley, Australia 2018 Alexander Valley An outstanding

An outstanding

with good body and fine tannins

The wine is structured and tannic but also packed with black-currant fruits

aromatic and with a pleasant almond taste on the finish

slowly giving way to notions of warm black cherries

Mother Tongue Shiraz, Barossa Valley, Australia 2018 Alexander Valley An outstandingA wine of depth and body, but with an energetic transparency of fruit that belies its heft. On the nose, liquored and dried fruits of raspberry, boysenberry, quandong (a red native peach), and black currant. An herbal undercurrent of eucalyptus, cinnamon myrtle, and river mint. On the palate, the weight is punctuated by balanced acidity and a touch of bitterness. The oak is elegant and structuring, with notes of spice and cedar adding complexity.