Purple Hands Planta Circa Ancestor Vine Shiraz 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Purple Hands Planta Circa Ancestor Vine Shiraz 2023

Purple Hands Planta Circa Ancestor Vine Shiraz 2023
$120, 14.0% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa Valley.

This is a bold shiraz, chocked full of sweet, ripe, dark-berried fruit flavour, but it’s also firm and, indeed, characterful. It tastes of blackcurrant and plum, anise, peppercorn and mint, though there’s a toasty tobacco-like character lingering in the background as well. The net effect of all this a wine off both power and intrigue. It can be enjoyed now for its mouthfilling flavour, or cellared to further explore its complexities. 95 points.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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