Riposte The Cutlass Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2018

A striking Shiraz from the great Tim Knappstein & Son, and their impressive 'Riposte' label where as Halliday writes, “prices for almost all the wines are astonishingly low”. Rich and flavoursome, The Cutlass shows thick cuts of red berry and juicy dark plum with some whole bunch derived spice. The palate is long and persistent with complex fruit flavours overlaid with toasty French Oak. Ned Goodwin from the Halliday Wine Companion gave it a stunning 94pts and American critic James Suckling even gave it 93pts.

"The tannins, doused in black olive, pepper grind and iodine, are textural and moreish. This wine may not please effete technocrats, but I am not one of them. The aromas are rewarding, too: blueberry, salami and spice. A bit of a yeoman, this is nevertheless an expressive shiraz deserved of attention... 94pts" (Ned Goodwin - Wine Companion).