Thorn Clarke Shotfire GSM - 2021 (750ml) Samso

Thorn Clarke Shotfire GSM - 2021 (750ml) SamsoThorn Clarke Shotfire GSM is made from 51% Grenache, 39% Shiraz, 10% Mourvedre. The Shotfire range honors a family pioneer who worked the Barossa goldfields in the late 1800's. He had the hazardous job of being a 'Shotfirer'; one who handled the explosives to be used in finding that rich vein of gold. A classic blend of the traditional stalwarts from the Barossa, this blend of Grenache, Shiraz and Mourvdre is sourced from older low yielding vines.

Despite the relative low water stress

bramble and mocha

but to offer up to two decades of cellar life

silky palate offers grapefruit and minerality leading into a long

A very subtle

nicely dry and long on the finish

sexy red offering a big

concentrated and focussed

Precise and full of energy

My hunch is that this will have wider appeal in its youth

and bright stone fruit

with hints of orange zest and candied flowers