Magpie Estate, Blacksock Size:12x750ml Bold and open-knit

Bold and open-knit

which I think remains one of his best wines to day

layered and exceptionally beautiful

the wine did not budge

with youthful tannins gracing the finish

Magpie Estate, Blacksock Size:12x750ml Bold and open-knitThe prodigious 1998 Shiraz Mourvedre Black Sock (80% Shiraz and 20% Mourvedre from 60 100 year old vines) is a blockbuster. Aged for a whopping 30 months in American wood, this opaque purple colored wine offers an almost essence of blackberry and cherry fruit intermixed with earth, leather, charcoal, and new wood. The wine is full bodied, spectacularly concentrated, with multiple levels to its mid palate, and a whoppingly powerful, rich finish. I was