The aromas of the wine are rich with dark chocolate and cherries, hints of violet, caramel and coconut like vanillin notes, and touches of iodine/ oyster shell. On the palate, there is a sweet core of voluptuous, mouth coating, sweet dark cherries and chocolate framed by lovely lines of long, focused savory tannins. A beautifully structured wine with great palate drive. 15-20 years.
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96 pts Sam Kim Wine Orbit
It’s gorgeously aromatic on the nose showing dark berry, thyme, dark chocolate and potpourri notes, followed by an impressively weighted palate delivering richly textured mouthfeel backed by firm tannins, finishing sturdy and persistent. At its best: now to 2038.
91 pts Wine Advocate Sept 2022
2020 was the second in two very warm, very dry vintages in the Barossa, but despite the conditions, I have found many of the wines to show vitality and energy in their fruit spectrums. The fruit for this 2020 Shiraz Alice’s is from Seppeltsfield in the Barossa, and the high-octane, high-alcohol style really catapults this wine into the stratosphere. What I will say, with high-quality wines imbued with high alcohol, it is possible for them to achieve a strange kind of LOUD balance, as this wine has. All things are in place, but this a boisterous, brooding, muscular and resin-y example of Barossa Shiraz. It will drink beyond the 10-year window I have outlined; however, I look for fresh/primary fruit in wine, and this 10-year mark is where I determine that will morph into a more tertiary space. 2022-2032
The Alice’s Vineyard which runs parallel to Radford Road, was planted in 1997 with cuttings from our Roennfeldt Road and Seven Acre vineyards. The free draining block slopes gently to the south, and the east – west row orientation protects the fruit from the late afternoon sun, whilst promoting gully breezes to cool the canopy. There are two distinct sections to the block, with the top section planted in sandy loam riddled with shale rock. The slightly longer rows on the lower section are planted in light sandier soils. The top section delivers plenty of choc/mocha character to the wine, with all the lushness/plushness in the wine derived from the lower section.
