Magpie Estate, Blacksock other_regions This is aromatically quite similar

This is aromatically quite similar to the straight Puligny though with more floral elements plus a subtle application of oak

This offers concentrated peach and apple aromas and flavors

This youthfully austere effort is classic Rugiens and as such will need at least a decade of patience and probably more like 12 to 15 years of it

Strong oak spice cannot hide the magnificently expressive black fruit aromas or the sweet

chalky frame and perfumed fruit character

Magpie Estate, Blacksock other_regions This is aromatically quite similarThe prodigious 1998 Shiraz Mourvedre Black Sock (80% Shiraz and 20% Mourvedre from 60 100 year old vines) is a blockbuster. Aged for a whopping 30 months in American wood, this opaque purple colored wine offers an almost essence of blackberry and cherry fruit intermixed with earth, leather, charcoal, and new wood. The wine is full bodied, spectacularly concentrated, with multiple levels to its mid palate, and a whoppingly powerful, rich finish. I was