Brokenwood, Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz Vintage:2011 Stunning complexity and decadence

Stunning complexity and decadence

(one-third whole clusters and one-third new oak) -- Josh Raynolds

I recall this being one of the best Cabernets produced in this vintage

it's built around an incisive spine of acidity

Rocche dell’Annunziata is one of the top five Barolo vineyards

Brokenwood, Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz Vintage:2011 Stunning complexity and decadenceThe 2011 Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz leads with a succulent nose that is redolent with raspberry pip and mulberry, sarsaparilla and pomegranate. It is pure, fine and light, with fresh red fruit on the palate as well. Perhaps it doesn't have the length and carry of some of the other vintages, but having said that, it isn't like it is descending into maturity at this point either. This is shorter and finer, but it isn't fragmenting or developing. It is a