Thicker Than Water Omertá Shiraz 2021

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Thicker Than Water Omertá Shiraz 2021.

Thicker Than Water Omertá Shiraz 2021
$295, 15% alcohol, screwcap, McLaren Vale.

This is an intense red wine offering lashings of both dark berried fruit and resiny-vanillin oak. It tastes of concentrated raspberry, plum, cream, spearmint and chocolate, all of these flavours served in volume. As you might expect with so much oak in play, the mouthfeel here too is super velvety. Tannin imparts a certain firmness though the fruit and oak crash straight on through. The finish of this wine is satisfying if not especially long but then, the mid-palate is where all the action is. 92 points.

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This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, founder of The Winefront and mattinson, and former chief editor of Halliday.

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