2015 Balthasar Shiraz, Grant Burge New In while the wine still carries

while the wine still carries a lovely line of freshness

nestled in the hills around Montecchia di Crosara

stony and peppery

underpinned by a salty minerality and a lingering

and the finish lingers long and precise

2015 Balthasar Shiraz, Grant Burge New In while the wine still carriesThe Eden Valley Velvet Storm This is Eden Valley Shiraz with Barossa depth and cooler climate poise: dark, generous, polished and just beginning to show its mature charm. It opens with plum, raspberry, blackberry and black cherry, then moves into fresh mint, sage, coffee, sweet baking spice, leather, dried meat and a little wood smoke. There is richness here, but it is carried with lift and shape rather than sheer weight. The palate is full bodied,