The weather conditions for the
Hunter in 2010 was warm compared to the coolish 2011 and 2012 vintages but the season
wasn’t as ideal as the glorious 2009 vintage. While 2009 wines are uniformly
brilliant, the 2010 wines can range from good value to down right supreme. One man that has cut his teeth on producing
quality wines from a range of producer including Tyrrell’s and a host of
international wineries in the US
and Italy
Thomas Wines DJV Shiraz 2010
The three reds from Thomas wines are all
individual vineyard wines which have a common theme running through them yet they are all totally different. At this stage of the wines development the flavours
are locked up in fluffy tannins which combobulate brightness over the course of the 4 days that I tasted this wine. For a 2010 wine this is more
full bodied than many others but it does so in a Hunter Valley
What the hell does that all mean? Well, the
wine is medium bodied with flavours of plum and raspberries but they aren’t
sweet at all. They are more savoury with
notes of sourness running through the wine that has a nice vibrancy of acid at
its core. The length of the wine is very long and is filled out nicely with a
pop of spice on the back palate. A beautifully constructed wine that seduces
the senses.
Alcohol: 13.5%
Price: $30
Rated: 89Drink: 2013 - 2019
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