Chateau Yaldara Chateau Yaldara Shiraz 2021
G 94
Barossa Shiraz from a cracking vintage, under cork. This is seriously impressive now but has real potential to improve even further. A dark mauve hue, the nose suggests a deep plushness, with notes of chocolate, espresso, coffee beans, dry herbs, delicatessen meats and bay leaves. Did I mention dark chocolate? This wine has it in spades, as they say in the classics. The wine has juicy acidity, excellent length and very fine tannins. A cracking Shiraz which will provide pleasure for 10 to 12 years. Drink now–2036 Cooper Burns Museum Release Shiraz 2013 G 94 Good luck finding many wines of this age hitting the shelves, so kudos to the team here for undertaking the ageing. 1000 cases made. The colour is very impressive for a wine of this age, a dark maroon. A mature and slightly complex nose with notes of tobacco leaves, chocolate, red fruits and beef stock. A supple texture with fine tannins and a lingering, persistent finish. Attractive now but it still has a good five to six years ahead of it. Good stuff! Drink now–2030 Curator Barossa Shiraz 2022 G 94 First up, put this wine at the top of your bargain buys list. Cracking value. It hails from five plots of Shiraz from the home vineyard at Marananga. 10% whole bunches were used in the fermentation, which was done separately for each block. After pressing into French oak, 15% new, the wine spent the next 16 months happily maturing, before blending. Under diam – I’d prefer screw cap, but I guess one can’t have everything – but I understand it has been bottled under both (I saw the diam bottling). An inky dark maroon colour, the nose exhibits notes of mocha, cassis, chocolate, coffee grinds and tobacco leaves. The texture is seductive, even decadent, and there are abundant but fine and silky tannins. A long and lingering finish, over which the intensity is maintained, ties up an utterly gorgeous Barossa Shiraz. This really is seriously good value. Enjoy it any time over the next 10 to 12 years. The score could have been higher, and I have no doubt it will deserve elevation with time. Drink now–2036 Eden Hall Reserve Riesling 2023 G 94 Pale straw colour. Aromatic lemon curd, kaffir lime, stone fruit, camomile and hints of white blossom. Lovely fruit purity, pure lemon, lime, sherbet, hint of verbena and mineral finish. Appealing mid-weight palate and mouth-watering acidity – a textural wine with very good length. 11.6% alc Drink now–2038
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