but chiseled

(from vines planted mostly in 1949)

the 2017 Hill of Roses Shiraz has vitality and electricity and life

I had two vintages of the old-vine cuvée to taste side by side

There is exceptionally good volume and richness to the palate coating and velvet-textured big-bodied flavors that display outstanding power

Michel Lafarge, Beaune Greves Rouge other_regions but chiseledAs is typically the case this is slightly riper and more deeply pitched with its more complex collection of dark berries, game, warm earth and lilac nuances. The sleek, intense and tautly muscular medium weight flavors that possess excellent mid palate density thanks to the copious amounts of dry extract, all wrapped in a vibrant mineral driven and powerful finish. This impressive effort is clearly built to age and is going to need it. In a word,