Magpie Estate, Blacksock Vintage:1998 B counterpart

B counterpart

offering a pretty mix of red berry fruits and hints of game

(91-93)/2027+

An air of savory herbs develops over a coating of fine tannin

pure and notably high-toned nose blends notes of airy red pinot fruit with hints of cherry

Magpie Estate, Blacksock Vintage:1998 B counterpartThe prodigious 1998 Shiraz Mourvedre Black Sock (80% Shiraz and 20% Mourvedre from 60 100 year old vines) is a blockbuster. Aged for a whopping 30 months in American wood, this opaque purple colored wine offers an almost essence of blackberry and cherry fruit intermixed with earth, leather, charcoal, and new wood. The wine is full bodied, spectacularly concentrated, with multiple levels to its mid palate, and a whoppingly powerful, rich finish. I was