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Somerled Shiraz 2014: There’s no doubting that this belongs to the Somerled family of dry reds.  But it makes a most interesting comparison with the 2013.  Both from a grape-sourcing and winemaking point of view the wines are very similar.  The 2014 was in barrel for just over two and a half years and has similarly complex flavours and aromas.  There’s some nicely integrated French oak notes showing through – about 18% of the barrels were new.  It’s a little bigger than the 2013, and is still softening and rounding out, but the wine has warmth and great length already.  It has many years ahead of it, reaching a peak in maybe 3 or 4 years. This is the first Somerled Shiraz with a screwcap rather than a cork, and I have great confidence that the maturing process will be very similar.  My own experience with screwcaps on reds goes back to 2002, and the results have been great – the wines have developed beautifully under screwcap! Rob Moody, March 2018