Magpie Estate, Blacksock other_regions chalky frame and perfumed fruit

chalky frame and perfumed fruit character

indeed seamless and comes across as more compact yet also more powerful

which follow through to a full body

This is aromatically quite similar to the straight Puligny though with more floral elements plus a subtle application of oak

Magpie Estate, Blacksock other_regions chalky frame and perfumed fruitThe prodigious 1998 Shiraz Mourvedre Black Sock (80% Shiraz and 20% Mourvedre from 60 100 year old vines) is a blockbuster. Aged for a whopping 30 months in American wood, this opaque purple colored wine offers an almost essence of blackberry and cherry fruit intermixed with earth, leather, charcoal, and new wood. The wine is full bodied, spectacularly concentrated, with multiple levels to its mid palate, and a whoppingly powerful, rich finish. I was