2021 Mollydooker Velvet Glove Shiraz

$219.95

Vivino Rating

4.6

A dense, powerful, and rich wine with a smooth, velvety texture.

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About the bottle

Country

Australia

Region

McLaren Vale, South Australia

Producer

Mollydooker

Vareital

Syrah

Vareital Composition

100% Shiraz

Specifications

2021

Vintage

2037

Drink By

16.5

ABV

Vinification

Grapes from a single vineyard (Gateway) were fermented and aged 100% new American oak for 18 months

Notes from critics

Wow! This is a big juicy bottle of lusciousness. Loads of fruit, but plenty of wonderful chocolate, baking spices, and structured tannin to deliver a differentiated wine drinking experience right through that long amazing finish.

The dazzling 2021 ‘The Velvet Glove’ is a monumental effort that has some really great aging potential. Coming from the Gateway Vineyard in McLaren Vale, this was aged in all new American oak before bottling. A total stunner, the seamless texture entices as you are greeted to blueberry compote with creme de violette, asphalt and stony mineral flavors, with serious viscosity and tension. This was just as outstanding tried the day after opening. Very heady and hedonistic, yet showing an astonishingly good acid backbone, this beauty will live on for another fifteen plus years to come.

A full-throttle expression of Shiraz, with warm, syrupy notes of huckleberry, blackberry and milk chocolate, plus baking spice details of clove, cinnamon and cardamom. A caramel hint lingers. The tannins are dense but smooth and practically creamy on the long finish.