Chapel Hill ‘The Parson’ 2015 GSM and Shiraz and 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon

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• Chapel Hill ‘The Parson’ McLaren Vale Grenache/Shiraz/Mourvedre 2015
  Blended Red from Australia - South Australia

  Review Date : 17-Sep-2016

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Dark, deep, black-hued ruby-red colour, near impenetrable, a little lighter on the rim. The nose is softly concentrated and densely packed with aromas of very ripe dark raspberries and blackberry fruit unfolding spice and savoury game elements. The core unfolds black earth and black pepper elements with aeration. Full-bodied, the palate possesses sweetly rich and plush, deeply concentrated flavours of savoury dark raspberries and blackberry fruit, harmoniously melded with herbs, spices, earth and game. The tannins are soft, and grainy, providing proper structure, and the wine flows smoothly with integrated acidity and underlying alcoholic power, leading to a sweet, black-fruited finish with spices and pepper. This is a full, plush, concentrated GSM blend with blackberry and raspberry fruit and a smooth, but well-concentrated palate. Match with slow-cooked game meat dishes over the next 5-6+ years. A blend of Grenache, Shiraz and Mourvedre fermented to 14.5% alc., the wine aged 14 months in French oak. 17.5+/20 Sep 2016 RRP $21.99
• Chapel Hill ‘The Parson’ McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015
  Syrah from Australia - South Australia

  Review Date : 17-Sep-2016

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Full, black-red colour with purple hues, near saturated, and very youthful in appearance. The nose is finely concentrated and elegantly proportioned with rich and ripe, vibrantly fresh aromas of blackberries, dark raspberry and liquorice-like fruit along with complexing and fragrant spices, cedary oak and nuances of eucalypt. Full-bodied, the palate is elegant in concentration with bright, sweet and lively fruit flavours of blackberries and raspberries, layered with subtle spice, cedar and eucalypt elements. The fruit is supported by fine-grained tannin structure and balanced acidity lending linearity and drive. The wine carries to a long and sustained finish of dark raspberries, pepper, spices and oak cedar. This is an elegantly proportioned, concentrated, fresh and vibrant Shiraz with blackberry and raspberry fruit with spice and cedar notes and a fine-grained palate. Serve with Middle Eastern lamb dishes over the next 6-8 years. McLaren Vale fruit fermented to 14.5% alc., the wine aged in seasoned French oak. 18.0-/20 Sep 2016 RRP $21.99
• Chapel Hill ‘The Parson’ McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
  Cabernet Sauvignon from Australia - South Australia

  Review Date : 17-Sep-2016

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Very full, deep, black-ruby colour with garnet hues on the rim. The nose is softly concentrated and tightly packed with deep aromas of blackcurrant and blackberry fruit entwined with a soft layering of herbs and mint and subtle, savoury earth and cedary elements. The aromatics are a little reserved in expression. Full-bodied, the palate is well bound with a rounded core of ripe blackcurrant fruit with cassis liqueur, harmoniously intermixed with herb, earth and cedary oak detail. The fruit is supported by soft, grainy tannin extraction and fresh, balancing acidity, and the wine carries smoothly to a soft, restrained finish. This is a softly concentrated Cabernet Sauvignon with restrained blackcurrant fruit with cassis and herb notes, and a soft, smooth, well-structured palate. Match with herb-marinated lamb over the next 5-6+ years. McLaren Vale fruit fermented to 14.5% alc., the wine aged in seasoned French oak. 17.0+/20 Sep 2016 RRP $21.99