2022 John Duval Shiraz Entity
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Shaded blackish garnet. Very concentrated. (Duval used to make Penfolds Grange …). Pinched finish doesn’t do it for me. But maybe this just needs time. Severe for the moment. (JR)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate
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The stylish 2022 Shiraz Entity offers fine and detailed aromas of dried meats and dark cherry with a strong seam of crushed cloves. It is dry, mid-weight and quite Rhône with meat and spice flavors, with a fresh line of acidity leading to a very long and refined finish. The 2022 is charming and should age well.
The 2022 Entity Shiraz is 85% Barossa Valley and 15% Eden Valley. The palate is, as this producer is so consistently capable of, supple and polished, with brilliant fruit clarity and poise. The framing of the 2022 vintage works in the favor of this wine; it is more bulbous and rounded than the 2021 tasted beside it, but I like it; it balances the heady fruit and brings pleasure and chew and bounce to the wine. Excellent. 14.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.