Jacob’s Creek Double Barrel Matured Shiraz

I love this idea. First, the wine is aged in traditional wine barrels. So far, so normal. But then, the wine is put into used Scotch whisky barrels for a bit longer. Hence double barrel. Clever, eh? In this case, it’s good quality Shiraz sourced from vineyards across Australia. It’s a big bear hug of a red with lots of classic spicy Shiraz fruit flavours – blackcurrant, plum, black cherry – and a gorgeous mellow toasty character (that’ll be the double barrels). Definitely needs food, preferably steak.