So I received my recent
order from VM which turned out to be
The Old Faithful BT Shiraz 2018
Opened it two days ago for dinner and drank it over the last two nights.
I thought it was one of the better offerings from VM. In fact I'd say it is the best McLaren Vale shiraz I ever bought from VM (pending Sharktooth 2016 tasting)
It is medium to full bodied, quite elegant and at the same has a power of a shiraz. Quite forward with dark fruits as you would expect but has complexity and bitter "chocolaty", beautiful tannins and not too oaky at all. Was even better on the second night!
Very drinkable now and probably suitable for medium term cellaring.