Best's Great Western Thomson Family Shiraz 1998 (1500ml)

Best's Great Western Thomson Family Shiraz 1998 (1500ml)Best's Thompson Family Shiraz is one of the truly great wines of the world. The wine is made predominantly from fruit off fifteen rows of pre phylloxera vines planted by Henry Best in 1868. These rows that comprise the Thomson Family block are the oldest Shiraz vines in the historic Concongella Vineyard. Today the shiraz clone is referred to by the CSIRO as the Concongella clone or the Best's Old Block clone and it is the mother clone of all

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If the fruit isn't perfect

Consistent with previous vintages in its elegance and fineness after a warm and dry 2018 vintage

a dense wine full of liqueurish

First Plénitude (P1) or Dom Pérignon Vintage

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Its alluring

full rich plate of ripe berries and lovely fruit characters and medium to fine grain tannins add to complexity

positively demanding long cellaring but having the balance to repay patience

becoming certified in 2009

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The wine is full-bodied and firmly structured