The 2013 Shiraz Viognier is a savory, subdued wine that is possessed of the most awesome tannic structure of the lot. Perhaps it is because the fruit feels more pared-back here than in the other vintages tasted alongside (2006, 2009, 2015, 2019 and 2021), but the glorious, textbook year that morphed into an even, warm late summer and an early autumn has imbued the wine with a sense of quiet and calm. This is from a larger-than-average crop of beautifully ripe fruit, coming off the back of three lean years. With 23% whole bunches in the ferment and the typical 5% Viognier inclusion, this is sleeping currently... wonderful and poised, but sleeping. Patience is recommended.
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