Koomilya JC Block Shiraz 2021
Koomilya JC Block Shiraz 2021
$130, 14% alcohol, screwcap, McLaren Vale.
Koomilya’s JC Block and the DC Block shiraz releases are neck-and-neck in quality terms and are both superb wines. My preference of the two is the DC Block, just, though this JC Block release is mightily impressive as well. The fruit itself feels velvety, all plum and suede leather, redcurrant and roses, and again the general lack of artifice works beautifully given the svelte and certain power of the fruit. This wine though is the more elegant of the two, the more “grenache-like” in a way, with buoyant perfumes and general floral characters, firm sheets of tannin, and a distinct lightness of touch. It promises to mature gorgeously.
96 points.
Campbell Mattinson has been a journalist for 40 years, a wine critic for 25 years, is a former chief editor of Halliday Wine Companion and was the founder of The Winefront business. He’s steadfastly independent.
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