Eisenstone SR807 Koonunga Shiraz 2022
G 95
Medium-deep crimson. Black cherry, praline, touch wood varnish/ shellac notes. Generously concentrated with ample pure black cherry fruits, fine persistent grainy/ velvety tannins, lovely mid-palate volume and underlying dark chocolate/ mocha / cedar notes. Firm and minerally at the finish with seductive bittersweet dark berry fruits. Drink now–2040 Eisenstone SV902 Hoffmann DV (Dimchurch) Vineyard Shiraz 2022 G 95 Deep crimson. Expressive blackberry, roasted coffee, mocha aromas with vanilla notes. Plush and seductive blackberry, espresso, dark chocolate flavours, fine chocolaty, slightly ferruginous tannins, voluminous mid- palate and well-integrated vanilla spicy notes. Chocolaty long finish. A classic, powerful sweet-fruited Barossa Shiraz with the elements all beginning to fold. Drink 2027–2044 Elderton Helbig 1915 Shiraz 2023 G 95 Medium-deep crimson. Lifted musky plum, dark chocolate aromas with sesame, marzipan notes. Fresh dark plum, blackberry spice flavours with intense cedar/ marzipan. Mocha oak notes and sinuous chocolaty tannins. Finishes spicy/ cedary with espresso notes. Oak-dominant wine, but should settle down. Drink 2026–2036 Elderton Neil Ashmead Grand Tourer Shiraz 2023 G 95 Vibrant deep crimson/mahogany. Rose petals, chocolate, mulberries, florals, blueberries, cassis and milk chocolate. The oak is deftly handled and leaves the wine with the impression of a silky texture, serious length and the finest of satiny tannins. Very much in the style of a Barossa classic. Everything is in place to ensure that further glories are revealed in the coming years. Drink now–2040
Glaetzer Wines Pty Ltd Amon-Ra Shiraz 2022
G 95
Deep crimson, Expressive dark cherry, dark chocolate aromas with brambly notes. Inky deep and supple with generous dark cherry, dark chocolate, malty flavours and long chocolaty/ velveteen tannins. Some saline notes at the finish give the wine attractive mineral length. Delicious wine. Drink now–2040
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