Powell & Son, Steinert Flaxmans Shiraz Vintage:2015

Powell & Son, Steinert Flaxmans Shiraz Vintage:2015The 2015 Steinert Shiraz hails from Flaxman's Valley, and it's composed and fresh, spicy and vibrant. What a wine this is. Superb. The oak is starting to ameliorate into the fruit, and the fruit spools through the finish in tendrils and wisps; the curls of flavor fade like the smoke from a candle. Elegant. 14,. 5% alcohol, sealed under natural cork.

but will age with real interest

serious and complex finale that is also clearly built-to-age

The powerful finish is spicy and dusty with terrific intensity and ends on a note of velvet

medium to full-bodied

femme fatale of a finish

textured and quite generous

allowing its minerality to surface as a lovely hint of peach sorbet and tropical citrus slowly fades

seamless and concentrated

all wrapped in a precise

The 2006 is like a well-muscled stallion

more accessible flavors that don’t posses the purity and laser beam focus either

This has a touch of the exotic on the finish but not much