Our growers, the Lopresti family, have provided fruit for Mitolo from the very beginning. Sourced from Sandra’s Block, matriarch of the Lopresti family, this wine is a tribute to my mother Angela, matriarch of the Mitolo family.
Tasting notes:
Deep ruby. Ripe and complex bouquet of black plum, violet, cedar, cocoa and dried herbs. Awash with ripe plum fruit, it is framed by savoury notes of cedar, earth and
ground coffee. Powerful and concentrated, the flavours integrate seamlessly with the fine-grained tannins and bright acidity.
Reviews:
94 Points, Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate, October 2022
The 2020 Small Batch Series Angela Shiraz is made in an aromatic style: it is perfumed and elegant. The fruit is sourced from the southern part of the Vale. In the mouth, the wine sings with blue fruits and vibrancy. It has notes of deli meat, aniseed, blackberry and plush fruit—powerful and neat. This is quite lovely, with coulis and pink peppercorn— moreish.
94 Points, Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, 2024
Splendidly fruited and fragrant with dark plum, blueberry, rich floral and roasted nut aromas with a spicy overtone. The succulent palate delivers excellent weight and fleshy texture, beautifully framed by fine, polished tannins, offering terrific drinking. At its best: now to 2035.
93 Points, Ned Goodwin, Wine Companion, February 2023
Modern shiraz from a warm place, albeit riding a sleigh of tension. A clench of reduction confers floral and iodine scents, evincing an air of somewhere considerably cooler. Boysenberry sweetness across the mid-palate suggests otherwise. Loads of salami smokiness, liquorice, lavender, clove and thyme, too. A little drying at the finale, but pretty convincing.