Barossa Wine Guide 2024

Château Tanunda The Château Shiraz 2022

Medium-deep crimson. Lovely pure blackberry, dark chocolate aromas with roasted walnut notes. Generously concentrated wine with abundant dark berry fruits, some dark chocolate/red liquorice notes and fine loose- knit chocolaty textures. Some savoury roasted walnut/chicory notes at the finish. Drink now–2030 14.9% alc Golden Amrita Sunshine Hill Shiraz 2021 Medium-deep crimson. Chinotto, cola, dark cherry pastille aromas with hints of black olive. Chocolaty-textured wine with cherry pastille, blackberry, cola flavours, loose-knit fine gravelly tannins, a hint of vanilla/marzipan and well-balanced acidity. Exemplary winemaking with all the elements in balance. Drink now–2028 Hare’s Chase Lepus Shiraz 2021 Deep crimson. Subtle bouquet, black plum, freshly cut cedar, sandalwood. Plush, ripe mulberry and blackberry fruit, supple tannins balanced by good freshness. Made in a pared-back style, yet still offering excellent concentration. Finishes long, with sandalwood accents. Drink now–2034 14.5% alc Head Wines The Blonde Shiraz 2022 Medium-deep crimson. Intense black cherry, aniseed aromas with marzipan notes. Deeply concentrated with attractive black cherry, blackberry fruits, fine chalky firm textures, very good mid-palate richness and long inky/chinotto notes, More high tensile than the Brunette, but very well balanced for cellaring. Drink 2026–2035 14.5%

Heirloom Vineyards A’Lambra Shiraz 2022

Deep colour, Flinty, smoked meat, dark berry aromas. Fresh supple palate with attractive black cherry, charcuterie flavours, fine loose-knit graphite tannins and some roasted walnut, hint marzipan notes. Bittersweet gravelly/minerally finish. Drink now–2030 14.5% alc

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