Barossa Wine Guide 2024

Head Wines Head Red Shiraz 2022

Medium-deep crimson. Attractive dark cherry, blackberry, slightly brambly aromas. Easy drinking bistro style with supple dark berry and red berry fruits, fine slinky textures and some roasted walnut, earthy notes. Very drinkable now. Drink now–2030 14.5% alc Heirloom Vineyards Shiraz 2022 Deep colour. Bitter dark chocolate, dark cherry aromas and flavours, with fine slinky textures and underlying roasted walnut, hint cedar notes. Generous and flavourful. Drink now. 14.5% alc Irvine Wines Altitude Shiraz 2022 Medium-deep crimson. Blackberry, mulberry, hint leafy aromas. Richly flavoured and supple with pure blackberry, mulberry fruits and persistent graphite firm tannins. Sturdy and fruit-dominant wine. Drink Deep crimson. Intense dark cherry, dark plum aromas with dark chocolate/carob notes. Generously concentrated wine with deep-set juicy dark cherry, dark plum, dark chocolate flavours and fine grippy textures. Claret firm finish, sturdy structure but attractive volume and flow. Drink now–2028 14.5% alc Poonawatta Four Corners Shiraz 2021 Medium-deep crimson. Fresh dark plum black olive hint meaty aromas and flavours, fine loose-knit chalky tannins and underlying flinty notes. Finishes firm and tight. Drink now–2030 now–2028 14.5% alc Pine Drive Vineyards The Pine Drive Shiraz 2021

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