2010 Velvet Glove

Dark black violet in colour, this wine has an intensely spiced nose with fruit aromas of fresh raspberry, plum and blueberry with an edge of tar, mocha and blackberry jam extending the complexity. The palate shows amazing purity of fruit with delicate flavours, fine oak tannins and creamy oak. Simply unique it has the ability to coat your entire mouth with the softest of textures yet unleashes such an intense and amazing array of fruit, completely rich and voluptuous with undeniably elegant. A wine that truly deserves its name, coating your tongue like a Velvet Glove.

To honour the beauty and individuality of our Velvet Glove Shiraz, we seal it in a unique bottle, apply a real velvet label printed in silver foil, and then place the bottle in a gorgeous velvet bag embroidered with silver thread. It’s our labour of love to provide you with a joyful experience from beginning to end.

The grapes were grown on the Gateway vineyard in McLaren Vale.

Barrel fermented and matured in 100% new American oak.

Alc: 15.5% Residual sugar: 3.6g/L pH: 3.46

Marquis Fruit Weight (your guarantee of quality)
95%

Pairs with
Meat, anything chocolate, cheese, savour it on its own with good friends.

Reviews
Wine Spectator
'Broad, ripe and generous, singing with red berry, cherry and spice flavors that join in a lusty chorus as the finish sails on and on. Has depth and power. The structure just melts into the whole package seamlessly, and the flavors seem to scale higher and higher with each sip. Drink now through 2020...' 96 points, Harvey Steiman, www.winespectator.com

Nick’s Wine Merchants
‘Spectacular, totally opaque, inky, black purple colour with deep, black crimson hue - a glass staining effort. Perfumed aromas of ripe blackberry, dark plum and liquorice are followed by some dark chocolate, confectionary and spice notes. Monstrous palate weight. Lavish, ripe blackberry, liquorice, dark plum and confectionary flavours completely swamp the palate with a liqueur like richness followed by some vanillin oak and spice characters. Voluptuous mouthfeel with velvet smooth, perfectly integrated tannin structure. Exceptionally long aftertaste of blackberry, liquorice, vanillin spice and toast. Another extravagantly rich and lavish production from the Mollydooker team. Cellar 5-8 years plus (2016-2019+).’ – 98 points, Nicks Wine Merchants, www.nicks.com.au 

Past vintages
2009 Velvet Glove – WA 97+ pts; WS 96 pts
2007 Velvet Glove – WA 98 pts; WS 96 pts
2006 Velvet Glove – WA 99 pts; WS 97 pts