2019 Coriole 'Lloyd Reserve' Shiraz 750ml

Impenetrable inky black heart with a very deep black dark red hue. Sailing through the olfactory senses are heady aromas of blackberry, liquorice and black cherries which are cleverly interwoven with delicately smoked vanillin cedar, earthy graphite and blackpepper notes. The rich, seductive palate is layered with plush blackberry, liquorice and black cherry fruits. Super refined, an underlying muscular tannin framework lends some firmness to the back half. Smoky vanillin cedar, earthy black olive, graphite and blackpepper characters ensue on the long finessed yet nicely structured finish.
Drink over the next 10-15 years.
Alc. 14.5%

Other Reviews….
A centenarian site, cropped low. Two years in 25% new French wood before a couple of years of bottle ageing, pre-release. A nice vintage. Dense. Palate staining, but nothing jammy or obtuse. The oak, unresolved. A big wine, to be sure. Clove, licorice strap, mace and a core of gruntish black- and blue-fruit aspersions, tightly furled within the structural carapace. This, too, needs time. Will blossom for those inclined. Drink by 2023.
95 points
Ned Goodwin – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion