Kay Brothers "Hillside" Shiraz McLaren Vale 2001

Deep red/purple.

Tar, savory meat, licorice and spice nose. Huge American oak influence, which I generally hate, but this works.

Slight sweetness in the mouth buffered immediately by grainy tannin, but impressive fruit fat keeps pumping flavor through it all. More impressive, though, than pleasurable/integrated. I wonder how this can improve in the bottle?


$30