The 2022 Blue Eyed Boy is quintessential Mollydooker—massively concentrated, plush and fruit-driven, yet surprisingly polished. It is 100% Shiraz, barrel-fermented and matured in 100% American oak (54% new) and bottled at a substantial 16.5% ABV.
Professional Ratings
| Critic |
Rating |
| Owen Bargreen |
⭐ 94 points |
| Wine Spectator |
92 points |
Wine Spectator praises its generous, seamless character, highlighting kirsch, Morello cherry and raspberry, followed by milk chocolate, vanilla, cardamom and coffee. Recommended drinking through 2037.
Owen Bargreen awarded 94 points, emphasizing its depth, freshness, polished black fruit, coffee and huckleberry character, along with impressive finesse considering the wine's considerable weight and concentration.
Tasting Notes
Nose: Blueberry, blackberry, fresh plum and cherry with mocha, vanilla, coffee and aniseed spice.
Palate: Full-bodied, opulent and velvety, packed with blueberry, plum, kirsch and raspberry. American oak contributes creamy vanilla, chocolate, coffee and sweet spice, while gentle tannins provide structure.
Finish: Long, rich and warming, with lingering dark berries, creamy chocolate, licorice and coffee.
Sommelier’s Take
This is for guests who enjoy big, bold, unapologetically rich Shiraz. Despite its 16.5% alcohol and substantial oak treatment, the 2022 maintains enough freshness and polished tannin to balance its enormous fruit concentration. Excellent with ribeye, barbecue, braised short ribs, lamb or game.
