Birks Wendouree - Shiraz - 2018

Red fruits mainly, but some blackberry, quite a lot of gum leaf, cedar, and camphor, lavender too. It’s a little sappy and tangy, crisp feel laid in with firm dense almost grainy tannin. Cranberry crunch. Goes a bit purple and nutty on a long and leafy finish. You have to like a bit of gum and mint, but very good in that classic Wendouree way. Pulls somewhat herbal and sandpaper-y in tannin quality to close. In evolution, and has a certain toughness and old school feel to it. 94 Points Gary Walsh, The Wine Front