Heartland Wines The Spice Trader Shiraz 2022 (12 Bottles ) Langhorne Creek

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Reviews
These Spice Trader wines are fabulous value. Lip smacking density reaches deep into your soul seeking your love. A flip on the previous vintage which was a Shiraz Cabernet. Blackberries and cassis reign supreme early flanked by exotic spices, mint, dried thyme and sizzling Szechuan pepper. Long and generous, that spice just rattles along. Take me along for the ride – please! Burgers and snags the go with this. Classic barbecue vino. Drink to five years. Score – 90/100

-Stuart Robinson: The Vinsomniac, November 2020

2017 will not last long as painstaking selection was necessary to get the quality to wanted and that meant there is not much to share. The very dark core of this wine stretches all the way to the ruby rim. The aromas re of freshly crushed blackberries and preserved cherries accented by hints of dark chocolate and cardamom. The palate echoes this with soft forward black fruit dominating anisette, persimmon and classic fruit cake notes. A long mellow finish completes the picture.

The Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon are fermented separately with specific parcels included for their ability to offer greater complexity and character. Time in barrel permits a softening of the wine’s structure. It also offers a complex expression of the fruit and helps the exotic notes of spice to be discovered.

We had our work cut out for us in 2017. Not all wines were made and there wasn’t much of the rest either. Reminiscent of long-past vintages, the grape harvest for 2017 kicked off a good two weeks later than the previous year in Langhorne Creek, with reds not hitting their stride until late March.