Magpie Estate, Blacksock Size:12x750ml anise and smoked meat building

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reasonably persistent and dusty finish that exhibits a mild touch of austerity

and seductively

Best from 2018 through 2032

I wouldn’t describe this as a typical Niellon Chevalier but it is certainly a dramatic and high-quality wine

Magpie Estate, Blacksock Size:12x750ml anise and smoked meat buildingThe 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