AUD Cellar door price $150.
Ray Jordan 98 points.
The team's Reserve is a barrel selection from the harvest of their oldest blocks of Barossa Shiraz, and only made in the best vintages. 2021 is categorically one of those 'best vintages'. The oak used to mature the wine will be a mix of new French and American hogsheads and the time spent in them will be up to two and a half years. Under cork. Not surprisingly, there is a serious oak influence in this wine, but it is integrating superbly. The colour is an opaque maroon. This is a big, bold and delicious red, richly flavoured. Mocha, soy, coffee beans, dark chocolate, cassis, beefstock, licorice and axle grease. Fine acidity here, running the length, silky but rather abundant tannins and great length. This is a twenty year proposition. Date: Jan 2025; Drink 2025-2045; Price: $150.00; Rating: 98 Points; Ray Jordan
Wine Pilot 96 points.
I have to say that there have been some wonderful wines from this vintage, and this masterpiece is right up there with the best of them. It's a limited production release and given the quality of the vintage it makes sense it has been created in this season. The low crops have created a wine of tremendous concentration and intensity, but at the same time the balance is superb. Spicy blackberry and plum with a ladling of dark syrup chocolate and subtle coffee grinds. Loving it now. Date: Jan 2025; Drink 2025-2045; Price: $150.00; Rating: 96 Points; Ken Gargett.
