Mount Pleasant Rosehill Shiraz 2014

Mount Pleasant Rosehill Shiraz is made from vines first planted by legendary Hunter Valley winemaker Maurice O’Shea in 1946. It’s a classic Hunter red with that very distinctive Mount Pleasant profile, imparted by the volcanic soil of Rosehill (a rare commodity in the Hunter). It’s rich in peppery red fruits and firm tannins, with pleasing oak and leather on the nose.

"Destemmed, cold soak, open-fermented, 11 days on skins, matured in large format French oak (25% new) for 15 months. A very high quality '14 Hunter Valley shiraz that would stand tall above others were it not for its OPandOH and O'Shea siblings. A full-bodied wine in a different idiom to its siblings, Hunter earth and leather (relatively speaking) more obvious. A great future. Drink by 2044. 96 Points James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion (February 2016)"