Agricola Vintners Flaxman Valley

Another wine from this rather daring maker - 100% whole bunch, 5% new oak (not sure how long), coming from one of (if not the) latest vintages in the history of the Barossa - cool, wet a lot of the time and generally tricky. Flaxman is noticeably less hot than the Barossa floor and so, I expected some brawling, ferruginous, greenery and nasty tannins. Not really so. What you get is a tremendous array of spices, smoke and charcuterie and …