charred aubergine or anything with herbs and smoke
Fattoria Le Pupille is one of the benchmark estates of the Maremma
clean and beautifully refreshing
but the cooling influence of Lake Alexandrina gives the wine enough freshness to keep it lively
This is decadence
2015 Filsell Old Vine Shiraz, Grant Burge 2025 Award Winning Wines charred aubergine or anything withVelvet Thunder This is classic old vine Barossa Shiraz in full, generous voice: dark, plush, powerful and deeply comforting. From vines planted in 1920, it opens with blackberry, blueberry, black plum and cassis, followed by dark chocolate, mocha, vanilla, liquorice, coffee bean and a warm savoury note of tar and spice. It is rich, certainly, but there is polish beneath the power. The palate is full bodied and confident, with layers of ripe black