Mollydooker Blue Eyed Boy Shiraz 2021 is a plush, full-bodied McLaren Vale Shiraz with rich notes of blueberry, blackberry, plum, and coffee, layered with chocolate, licorice, and vanilla. Rated 92 points by The Wine Advocate, it’s bold and spicy, showing the warmth of the vintage perfectly. The name comes from Luke, Sarah and Sparky’s son, who grew up stomping grapes and now works in the vineyards—a true family wine with plenty of character.

The Wine Advocate | RP 92
Published: Sep 15, 2022
Drink Date: 2022-2031

Once you taste a few of a producer's wines side by side, you really start to get a feel for stylistic preference between warm vintages and cool ones. I surprise myself by saying here that I prefer the warmer vintages at Mollydooker (this does not make it right) because the sunshine and ease with which ripening can occur in a warmer year really seems to suit the plush, high-octane style being proliferated here. So, this 2021 Blue Eyed Boy Shiraz is far more on the blue fruit spectrum than the 2020, which has a complex array of sweet/savory/spice characters. The detail here errs to blackberry, blood plum and resin?a spicy, full-bodied Shiraz. Not for the faint of heart. 

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Upon smelling this wine, your senses are immediately drawn in by a bouquet of deep blueberry, rich plum and coffee. These prominent fruit flavours are closely followed by chocolate and lustrous licorice spice with creamy vanilla constantly weaving its way through. This beautifully balanced wine is a classic representation of our Blue Eyed Boy: truly a vibrant, ripe, and indulgent experience.

Who is the blue eyed boy?
The Blue Eyed Boy is Sarah and Sparky's son, Luke. Stomping grapes as a kid and now working in our vineyards.