Grown on the estate’s ‘Old Block’ of shiraz vines, planted in 1969. It spent 16 months in French oak barriques (50% new). It’s a magnificent release. It’s fluid, elegant and controlled but, just a bit, it also stamps its feet and says: the world is mine. It’s awash with cherry/plum, peanut shell, black pepper and floral flavours, and it’s both silken to the touch, and (super) long through the finish. This is a wine.
2021
Mount Langi Ghiran ‘Langi’ 2021 6x75cl 98/100 HWC
Top Score: 98 points
“It’s a magnificent release.”
Price IN BOND
£390.00 6 x 75cl Bottles
8 in stock
| Colour | Red |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | Grampians |
98 points Halliday Wine Companion
98 points The Real Review
Very deep, dark, brooding purple-red colour; the bouquet is powerful, rich and complex with a wide range of spice aromas that are immediately arresting and challenging to describe. Pepper, clove, bayleaf, turmeric, nutmeg, with fruit aromas in the black cherry, blackberry spectrum with a touch of espresso coffee. The wine is very full-bodied and powerful, the concentration impressive but not achieved at the expense of elegance or balance. Outstanding shiraz. Drink 2026-2043.
97 points Wine Pilot
One of Australia’s finest cool climate Shiraz and this vintage has produced one of the best. This is the 40th vintage since the first of these rolled off the line in 1981. I love the combination of dusty earthiness, plum and spices. The natural acidity is key as it allows the palate to focus and strike out towards a sustained finish. Radiant and vibrant with a brilliant presence in the glass.
97 points The Weekend Australian Magazine
From the old vines on the original block. A beautiful and enthusiastically expressive wine. Real energy and lift. Dry flowers and juicy dark cherries, ripe red berries, a bustling souk full of spices. Lashings of white pepper, some star anise, cardamom, mace. A seductive plushness to the palate, a gorgeously satiny sheen.
97 points Decanter
Ethereal, with granite and black pepper-sluiced fresh, persistent raspberry and blackberry fruit, a dancing backbone of acidity and dynamic, spiralling tannins. Awash with spices and violets – delicious detail – the long, elegant finish has a lick of milk chocolate and compelling, peppery, meaty, mineral back-palate resonance. From a long, relatively mild growing season, the harvest for this beautifully balanced vintage finished on 28 April. 100% whole-berry ferment.
