Woodstock The Stocks Shiraz, single vineyard. McLaren Vale 2016

 From the Woodstock winery in McLaren Vale, South Australia, ‘The Stock’s’ is the winery flagship bottle. This single vineyard Shiraz is made from 31 rows of low-yielding vines dating back to the 1900. Only produced in vintages deemed to be superb, quantities are minute. Winemaker Scott Collett say’s that he makes roughly 3 bottles from each vine!! A dark bouquet of confit blackberry, prune and chocolate; the palate shows a slight undergrowth complexity, which lifts the fruit and provides texture to balance out the lavish oak treatment; bright and squeaky acid on the finish.