Dalwhinnie Moonambel Shiraz 2005 Variety_Tequila composed primarily of schist

composed primarily of schist

each enriched with a perpetual reserve

The wines are mineral and driving in nature

It was topped up for the first year then aged in barrels under a veil of yeast for five years

Savoury and spicy with wisps of brambly fruits

Dalwhinnie Moonambel Shiraz 2005 Variety_Tequila composed primarily of schistThe 2005 Moonambel Shiraz is riper than either wine tasted either side of it (2002 and 2017), and it leads with milk chocolate, plush succulent red and purple fruit, scraped vanilla pod (perhaps the oak?) and lashings of fruit. This is a deeply delicious wine, although I would suggest that the slightly higher alcohol masks some of the more nuanced characters that I saw in some of the earlier vintages. However, what it misses there, it absolutely gains