La Curio Reserve Shiraz 2018

La Curio Reserve Shiraz 2018Curio is the brainchild of an extremely talented winemaker, Adam Hooper. Adam launched the La Curio brand in 2003 after working in the McLaren Vale region as a winemaker for a decade. Three wines were produced, a Reserve Shiraz, a Reserve Grenache and a GSM blend 'The Nubile'. It didn't take long for the wines to receive critical acclaim. The 2005 Nubile was awarded Best Rhone blend over 10 in the 2007 Decanter World Wine Awards and the winery was

Fresher than the Amazon after a rain shower

dense and savoury Shiraz with mellow and concentrated berry

Dom Pérignon is the top Champagne (prestige cuvée or tête de cuvée) produced by Moët & Chandon and was first released in 1937 with the 1921 vintage

wide and handsome on the back of perfectly pitched acidity

Deep Woods Estate has been transformed into one of Margaret River's most awarded and highly regarded wineries

This small vineyard has Pinot planted on two slopes of the gully right at the start of the Lone Star Creek – with MV6 planted on the north slope and 115 and G-clone on the south slope

in the owner’s portfolio

struck stone flintiness

How would you characterize it

but not heavy

To eventually relieve Cindy at Duke's Vineyard cellar door

"I really believe the 2009 release (2004 vintage) is one of the best yet for Penfolds