Two Hands Yacca Block Single Vineyard Shiraz 2022
G 99
Deep crimson. Pure blackberry sage aromas with mocha notes. Generous and inky with ample blackberry pastille, chinotto flavours, fine slinky textures and beautifully balanced roasted chestnut, marzipan notes. Finishes long with a lovely graphite plume. Gorgeous wine. 14.6% alc Drink now–2042 Alkina Striato Shiraz 2023 G 98 Deep crimson. Pure blackberry pastille, geosmin aromas with espresso/ hint bush garrigue notes. Beautifully concentrated blackberry pastille, inky, espresso flavours, and fine, persistent chalky textures. A plume of lacy/ graphite tannins explodes out at the finish. Superb wine. Drink now–2035 Chateau Tanunda 100 Year Old Vines Shiraz 2022 G 98 Deep crimson. Intense dark plum, dark cherry wax polish, marzioan aromas. Beautifully balanced wine with sweet dark plum, black cherry, Black Forest flavours and superbly ripe chocolate tannins. Lovely inky density with the acidity giving linear freshness and length. This is a particularly stylish and resonating Barossa Shiraz. Drink now–2046 Hentley Farm The Old Legend Grenache 2023 G 98 Medium-deep crimson. Musky plum, strawberry, red cherry, dark chocolate aromas. Very impressive and classical Grenache with pure strawberry pastille, red cherry fruits, lacy firm textures and superb mid-palate viscosity. A reference style. Will keep, but best to drink with primary fruit. Gorgeous wine. Drink now–2032 John Duval Wines Integro Cabernet, Shiraz 2016 G 98 This is a museum release, but great to see wines given time in the cellar for those who enjoy more mature styles. A version of the great Aussie blend, Cabernet and Shiraz, with 70% of the fruit sourced from the Stonegarden Vineyard near Springton, which has plantings dating back into the 19th century. The remainder hails from the team’s best parcel at Ebenezer. Maturation was for a year and a half in French oak hogsheads, with 42% of them new. Under cork. Dark maroon in colour, this is a wine of maturity, complexity and still with promise. On top of that, great drinking now. We have notes of chocolate, mocha, bergamot, black fruits, charcuterie and a hint of sandalwood. This is dense but balanced and seriously long, a pleasing juicy style which will offer great drinking over the next two decades. Stunning stuff. Drink now–2045
South Australia Wine Guide 2026 | Barossa
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