Mr. Riggs, Shiraz, McLaren Vale

Tour of the South 2026; 1/22/2026-2/8/2026 (Southern Hemisphere) : Black purple. Aroma of pepper, eucalyptus, cherries. Lovey flavour of black cherry, herbs, peeper, touch of blueberry. Very good.

Very deep dark crimson, pristine condition with composite cork good to see. The bouquet is very inviting with a heady amount of dark fruit like cherries blueberries loganberries blackberries all ripe and in abundance. The oak is now subtle and in support. On the palate there is simply a lot of berry fruit compote with superb ripeness, not jammy or oaky. In fact its quite gentle acidity also but in good balanced amount. Very easy drinking now with a slightly …

enjoyed with a rack of lamb - still developing so for those that have it , keep it for a few more years. Those that can't wait - tannins yes but still a deep classic shiraz

Ripe dark fruit, herbs, spices, licquorice, smoke on the nose. Very intense, quite big and powerful on the palate - concentrated fruit, good acidity, spicy, polished tannins, very long. 92-93+