Jasper Hill Georgia’s Paddock Shiraz 2015

A big, rich wine, the 2015 Georgia’s Paddock Shiraz offers deep, earthy notes of black olive and espresso that complement the blackberry and plum fruit. There’s a hint of menthol that helps lift the wine and avoid any undue sense of heaviness – a notable accomplishment in a wine that’s labeled at 15% alcohol. Full-bodied and velvety in texture, complex and long, with two decades of aging potential, there’s simply nothing to criticize here. Drink date: 2020-2035. (Joe Czerwinski,Other,June 29, 2018)