Grant Burge Filsell Barossa Valley Shiraz 2021
95 POINT RATED HUON HOOKE & AARON BRASHER THE REAL REVIEW
- 95 Point Rated Huon Hooke & Aaron Brasher The Real Review
- 92 Point Rated Dave Brookes Halliday Wine Companion
- Previous Vintage 94 Point Rated Andrew Caillard MW
- Produced By 5 Red Star Rated Winery James Halliday
Vintage: | 2021 |
Source/Region: | Barossa Valley, South Australia |
Grape Variety: | Shiraz |
Cellaring: | Drink now cellar up to 2033 |
Bottle Top: | Stelvin |
Alcohol Content: | 14.50 |
Standard Drinks: | 8.60 |
Rating: | 95 |
Plush cherry chocolate fruit initially pounce from glass onto palate with firm and directional tannins that persist and drive long. There Is a savory element of damsum plum and spice that help lift the highly complex fruit matrix. The firm structure helps highlight the dark, dense and directional tannins that finish with chocolate and espresso. The flavours meld and continue long after tasting, providing a memorable tasting experience. The wine Is dense and unashamedly powerful but highly expressive of vineyard, region, vintage and variety.
The 2021 vintage provided good rainfall In Autumn and desired sporadic rainfall through spring whichh led to better than average fruit set. Furthermore, this filled and maintained soil moisture content all the way to summer. Far cooler than average summertime temperatures led to even ripening and slow grape maturation leading to exceptional phenolic ripeness and colour. This vintage was fortunate enough to avoid extreme heat events leading to perfec tfruit conditions at time of harvest.
95 Point Rated - Huon Hooke The Real Review
Very deep, bright, youthful purple colour; the nose is a mite subdued, reserved but latent, with some graphite and licorice touches, while the palate is very full-bodied and firmly structured, with mouth-coating, cheek-sucking tannins that bode well for its future. Loads of tannins but they're good tannins. Dense and concentrated, a terrific cellaring prospect.
95 Point Rated - Aaron Brasher The Real Review
Deep, dark and inky in the glass, opaque. Dark aromas of plum, mulberry, iodine, graphite, spice and oak. Big, rich, dark and powerful. Intensely flavoured with plum, mulberry, liqueured chocolate, sweet spice and oak. Long, layered, mouth-fillingly opulent, with great power and balance. Archetypal Barossa shiraz.
92 Point Rated - Dave Brookes Halliday Wine Companion
Deep crimson with aromas of blackberry, macerated plums, boysenberry and kirsch with hints of baking spices, dark chocolate, earth, pepper, violets, olive tapenade and chocolate-dipped cherries. Full bodied with dabs of creamy vanillin oak on the palate, tight, fine sandy tannins and a finish that trails away, showing notes of macerated summer berry fruits, spice and earth speaking truly of its regional origins.
Highly Rated - Mike Bennie The Wine Front
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