Barons of Barossa Barons Shiraz 2019
Chateau Tanunda Grand Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
G 91
G 91
Cabernet for this delicious and richly flavoured red is sourced from all around the Barossa. The wine spends a year and a half maturing in a mix of older and new French barrels. The colour here is an opaque maroon. The nose gives us chocolate notes but also strong dried herbs as a basis. We have tobacco leaves, aniseed and black olives as well. Showing good intensity, this is a wine of medium length with a line of fine acidity with quite fine tannins. This is a wine for enjoying over the next
Deep crimson. Powerful bouquet, black plum, black cherry, with intriguing hints of mint, dried herbs and tarragon. Big, full bodied and muscular, offering huge depth of blackberry, with cola overtones. Ripe, slightly evolved tannins. Pulls up slightly short on the finish. 14.5% alc Drink now–2029 Bethany Wines Blue Quarry Shiraz 2022 G 91 Deep crimson. Intense blackberry, graphite aniseed aromas. Fresh and supple palate with generous dark berry fruits fine chocolaty textures and well integrated acidity. Finishes slinky/chocolaty and long with some mineral/cola notes. A very successful early drinking bistro style. 14.5% alc Drink now–keep for a while Bethany Wines Blue Quarry Chardonnay 2022 G 91 Pale lemon colour. Perfumed, lemon curd, stone fruit, crème brûlée with underlying grilled nut and flinty notes. Creamy and supple with ample stone fruit, fine lacy texture and a hint of spice on the finish. Very generous and appealing style. 13% alc Drink now–2030 Chaffey Brothers Düfte Punkt White blend 2024 G 91 An Eden Valley field blend with a weird name and standout label – what is not to, at the very least, intrigue? The name apparently means aromas point, make of that what you will. The wine is a blend of Riesling, Gewürztraminer and Kerner, which are co-fermented, and is an explosion of flavours. From the Fechner vineyard, the wine is a very pale, gleaming straw hue. The Gewürz is to the fore at this early stage, well supported by its amigos. We have lychee notes, lavender, orange rind, musk, bath salts, citrus and florals. An off-dry style with fresh acidity and decent length which will provide terrific drinking, especially if matching some full throttle Asian dishes, for the next two to four years. Drink now–2028 Chateau Tanunda Grand Barossa Dry Riesling 2024 G 91 Riesling from a wonderful vintage from the Barossa sub-regions of Tanunda and Vine Vale, some of the vines used here exceed a century in age. This is pale straw with a nose exhibiting bath salts, spices, citrus, talc and a minerally backing. There is a touch of lemongrass as well, with limes and florals. Lovely soft palate/texture, this is a pleasingly gentle style. Medium length but there is fresh acidity running the full journey. A fine Riesling for enjoying over the next six to eight years. Drink now–2032
four to eight years. Drink now–2032 Château Tanunda Grand Barossa Shiraz 2023
G 91
The team at Tanunda have established this wine as an ever-reliable fine Barossa red, representing fine value. The colour is deep crimson, while the nose exhibits attractive notes of red cherries, strawberries, orange rinds, delicatessen meats and florals. A supple texture, yet there is a fine line of acidity running the journey. A wine of medium length which should drink well for the next six to eight years. Drink now–2032 Corryton Burge Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 G 91 Medium-deep crimson. Classical blackcurrant tea leaf aromas with chinotto notes. Sweet-fruited wine with ample cassis plum cola flavours, loose-knit grainy tannins
and juicy fresh acidity. 13.8% alc Drink now–2028 Craft vs Science Boutique Wines GST Red Blend Grenache Shiraz Touriga 2021
G 91
Medium-deep crimson. Attractive raspberry, redcurrant chinotto, praline aromas and flavours, fine slinky textures, attractive mid-palate viscosity and fresh long integrated acidity. Some leafy notes at the finish with juicy red berry fruits. Early drinking medium-bodied style. 14.3% alc Drink now–soon Dandelion Vineyards Honeypot of the Barossa Roussanne 2024 G 91 The team harvested the grapes early morning for freshness, before the free run juice went through fermentation in stainless steel. It was bottled a few months later. The team (read Zar) describe this as ‘bottled romance’. For those of us still tethered to Planet Earth, it is a very fine Roussanne, worth drinking. A green/gold colour, there is good intensity here and it does deliver honeycomb notes. There are tropical characters and stone fruits, peaches and a whiff of passionfruit. A wine of medium length, it has balance and maintains that intensity. An attractive proposition for enjoying over the next three to four years. Drink now–2028
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The Vintage Journal – Regional Focus
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