The Vintage Journal Barossa Guide 2026

Henschke Roeslin Barbera 2024

G 93

Medium deep crimson. Youthful ripe dark plum, cranberry aromas with brambly notes. Dense and chocolaty with ample musky dark plum, raspberry jam, cranberry fruits, fine slinky textures, lovely mid-palate richness and underlying juicy acidity. A bomb of juicy fruit with chalky notes at the finish. 14% alc Now–2032 Henschke Stone Jar Tempranillo 2025 G 93 Medium deep crimson. Beautiful red cherry, raspberry, chinotto, hint Campari notes. Juicy and exuberant with red cherry, raspberry fruits, plentiful slinky/chalky textures, lovely inky density and fresh mineral acidity. Finishes bittersweet with chinotto notes. Six months maturation in 100% seasoned oak hogsheads. 13% alc Now–2035

Seppeltsfield Wines Nero d’Avola 2025

G 93

Brilliant, deep purple. Shows the fully ripe, generous side of the big- hearted Sicilian grape variety. Richly endowed in sweet red fruits, black cherry, fresh just-picked red cherry, spice, dried herbs and chocolate. Lightly savoury, nicely supple and textural and edged in a ribbon of cherry pip dry tannin that becomes a vibrant feature. Now–2031 Sven Joschke Wine V.S.V.P Fortified Syrah 2023 G 93 Deep purple. A vintage fortified still showing its youth, but laying the groundwork for a bright future. Concentrated black cherry and blackberry aromas with chocolate raisin, liquorice, spice and raised aromatics. Sweet, rich and round to taste with a warm nuttiness and sweet chocolate with brandy spirit noted, it could easily be enjoyed now but would benefit from more time in bottle, as all vintage fortifieds

do. Now–2038 Bosward Wines Barbera 2026

G 92

Purple crimson. Mulberry, black liquorice, red cherry and brambly aromas hint of turned earth. Inky with fresh acidity, bright red berry fruits, baking spice, sarsaparilla and loose-knit chalky tannins. Well structured with a long, minerally finish. Now–2032

Barossa 2026

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