2016 Salomon Estate The Verve Free Red

Interesting wine: 42 days on skins has extracted all the tannins from the shiraz and mataro grapes, but any harshness has long since gone. Tannin is a form of natural antioxidant, and this has enabled the wine to be made with no sulphur addition until bottling, when a small addition was made after the wine had spent 12 months in used oak. It is fresh, and has attitude on the finish. 14.5% alc.

RRP $29 / 2023 / Salomon Estate salomonwines.com