95 Points - Philip Rich | Last Stocks
The project of winemaker Scott Ireland, Provenance Wines set out to make great wines that reveal the fruit quality of special vineyards. Based in the Geelong region, Ireland works with select vineyard sites west and south of Melbourne, to deliver an impressive range of wines.
This 2022 Provenance Geelong Shiraz is made from Provenance's own Shiraz vineyard some 5 kms south of the township of Bannockburn. An attractive deep violet colour in the glass. Lifted fruit aromas of licorice, black olive and allspice speak of vineyard rather than the winemaker’s toolkit. When tasted, powerful fruit flavour matched to medium weight is cut with a fine textural tannin input. The long in flavour finish, is matched to fresh natural acidity that completes/balances the wine. An age-worthy and refined example of Geelong Shiraz.
"95 Points. From the Spence and Ceres vineyards in Moorabool. A splash of viognier with 14 days on skins and 14 months in old 500L puncheons. Saturated purple. Full of dark fruits, black pepper and spices such as cardamom and clove. A gentle meatiness, too, which carries onto the medium-bodied, ripe, quite structured and delicious palate. It would pair perfectly with some rib eye now, but it's got the legs to improve for quite some time. $37. Drink: 2023 - 2034."- Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion.
