Mitolo Angela Shiraz 2020

The 2020 Small Batch Series Angela Shiraz is made in an aromatic style: it is perfumed and elegant. The fruit is sourced from the southern part of the Vale. In the mouth, the wine sings with blue fruits and vibrancy. It has notes of deli meat, aniseed, blackberry and plush fruit-powerful and neat. This is quite lovely, with coulis and pink peppercorn-moreish.

Opaque in color. The 2020 Angela is a big, generous, crowd-pleasing Shiraz from Mitolo. The nose offers chocolate, blackberry and liquorice aromas with a nice touch of savory spice and toasty oak. Dry and full-flavored, this has been well constructed with oak tannins providing length and backbone before fading away a little on the finish.

A tangy, fruit-forward nose of plum, rhubarb, licorice and earthy spice is followed by a mid-to-full weight palate with ripe fruit, a little alcohol heat and chunky tannins. Drink now and over the next few years.