Giaconda Beechworth Formerly Estate Vineyard Shiraz 2013

A youthful, elemental shiraz whose briary aromas of cassis, blackberries, dark plums and smoky dark chocolate oak are lifted by spicy, peppery notes and reveal meaty, charcuterie-like undertones. Full to medium-bodied, it’s rather oaky in its youth, with a withdrawn presence of blackberries, dark plums, cassis and blueberries tightly knit with cedar/chocolate oak and underpinned by a firm but fine and crunchy backbone. It just needs time for its components to integrate, its acids to soften and for its savoury aspects to become more pronounced.