

95 POINT RATED THE REAL REVIEW & 94 POINT RATED JAMES HALLIDAY'S WINE COMPANION
Vintage: | 2021 |
Source/Region: | Barossa & Eden Valley, South Australia |
Grape Variety: | Shiraz Cabernet |
Cellaring: | Drink now or cellar up to 2044 |
Bottle Top: | Stelvin |
Alcohol Content: | 14.50 |
Standard Drinks: | 8.60 |
Rating: | 95 |
Dark crimson with bright ruby hues. Fragrant aromas of blackberry, raspberry, plum, rhubarb and cassis are entwined with hints of sage, cooking spice, black pepper, anise and violets. An elegant palate opens with fresh cut plum and mulberry, leading into blackberry, bramble, cassis and bay leaf, balanced by bright acidity and an exceptionally long, fine tannin finish.
2021 was an excellent vintage. Average winter rainfall was followed by minor frost events in late September and spring rains in early October. Budburst was even with good fruitfulness, although heat bursts in late November affected fruit set. Strong winds in early December caused some damage to the canopies but the fruit remained disease free. January was mild and dry with a short heat wave late January at veraison, followed by rainfall in early February. The lead up to vintage and the conditions during ripening remained cool, cloudy and dry, with the fruit showing balanced acidity, excellent colour and flavour development.
95 Point - Rated Aaron Brasher The Real Review
"Deep, dark and impenetrably opaque in the glass. Brooding aromas of mulberry, satsuma plum, anise, bramble, spice and graphite. Full, rich, fleshy and quite primary and plush in flavour. Lashings of black fruits, sweet spice, choc-mint and a briary earthiness. The tannins are textured, firm and shapely and there’s plenty of lively acidity ensuring the decadent fruit behaves itself."
94 Point - Rated Dave Brookes Halliday Wine Companion
"A seamless blend of shiraz, cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc and merlot; each variety laying down their individual characteristics for the good of the great whole. There is excellent length of flavour here, with plummy merlot flesh, spice, sage and density from the shiraz, gently flecked blackberry tones from the cabernet and the liminal leafy edge of the franc. A bright, minerally cadence and long, black-fruited finish wrap things up from this very strong vintage."
92 Point Rated - Angus Hughson The Winepilot
"This seamless blend of Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot from 2021 displays beautiful approachability, with vibrant blackberry cassis, slate, violets and Szechuan pepper aromas. The cooler vintage shows in more open-knit tannins than usual but the exceptional balance will still provide good staying power."
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