

97 POINT RATED WINE ORBIT 96 POINT RATED KEN GARGETT WINEPILOT & RAY JORDAN
Vintage: | 2021 |
Source/Region: | Barossa Valley, South Australia |
Grape Variety: | Shiraz |
Cellaring: | Drink now - 2040 |
Bottle Top: | Wax over cork |
Alcohol Content: | 14.50 |
Standard Drinks: | 8.60 |
Rating: | 97 |
Intense and complex this full-bodied wine is rich and velvety with firm tannins and a long, lingering finish. Flavours of blackberry, plum and cherry with subtle notes of dark chocolate and black pepper round out this robust and well-balanced wine.
Vineyards at this altitude are traditionally much lower yielding and produce fruit of the highest quality.
97 Point Rated Sam Kim Wine OrbitÂ
"Super rich and lavish, the wine shows dark and purple fruit intensity, clove, star anise, cedar and chocolate tart characters on the nose, followed by a powerfully concentrated palate offering velvety texture backed by layers of silky tannins. Opulent and delectably expressed. At its best: now to 2038. June 2024."
96 Point Rated - James Halliday Wine Companion
"Super deep crimson in the glass with opulent aromas of blackberry, black cherry and boysenberry fruits cut with hints of clove, cinnamon, blackstrap licorice, blackforest cake, dark chocolate bullets, cedar, vanilla bean, olive tapenade and earth. Full bodied and lush with a curtain of powdery tannin and a beautiful créme-de-cassis-like flow to the fruit. There's lots of latent power and fruit depth on display here but nothing feels heavy or overdone. Drink to: 2048"
96 Point Rated - Ray JordanÂ
"Gosh, this is a good wine. You know that from the first aromas of perfumed dark fruits with a light lifted scented African violet and rose petal. On the palate, the plush plummy fruit characters come together with spice and dark chocolate rolling effortlessly off the palate as it gathers momentum to a long finish. Classy wine here."
96 Point Rated - Ken Gargett Wine PilotÂ
"A superb example of what a stellar vintage 2021 is. Under diam. The colour here is maroon/purple. Everything about this wine just screams big, bold, beautiful and Barossan. The noise is awash in flavours such as chocolate, plums, mocha, licorice and a hint of peppermint. Seductive in the extreme with that typical supple texture, there is juicy acidity and silky tannins. A full flavoured style exhibiting great length. Love it. A fifteen year proposition."
95 Point Rated, Sean Mitchell Grape ObserverÂ
"The wine is a rich and generous shiraz in the traditional Barossa style. The 2021 vintage has brooding aromas of dark plums and mulberries, with some dried herbs tucked underneath. The palate is full bodied, rich, deep and intense. Dark fruit and cedar characters fortify its generous length on the finish. You can drink this wine now. Nonetheless it should improve for another decade and have a drinking window into the 2040s."
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