Two Hands Shows Off Its Thoroughbreds
A vertical of Ares Shiraz demonstrates how much finesse a big Shiraz can have
Posted: May 11, 2011 2:15pm ET
Michael Twelftree had an agenda. The owner of Two Hands Wines, which in only a decade has established itself as one of Australia's most compelling wineries, dug into his cellar in Barossa Valley to present a formidable tasting dinner in Los Angeles. The evening included a full nine-year vertical of Ares, Two Hands' tête de cuvée Shiraz, which Twelftree admitted he had never done before, not even at home.
The wines showed great. Here are my notes on the nine Ares Shiraz as well as a handful of other Two Hands cuvées.
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