Old Vine Cabernet Shiraz 2024

$50.00 / bottle

Celebrating Château Tanunda’s 135th Anniversary in 2025 with the release of this new wine added to our Old Vine Expressions range, inviting people to discover what makes Old Vines so remarkable – world renowned for their intense concentration, exceptional quality and profound depth of flavour.

Our first ultra-premium Cabernet Shiraz, a blend that Australia is very famous for, showcasing the structure and elegance of Cabernet Sauvignon balanced perfectly with the rich, vibrant fruit character of Shiraz.

WINEMAKING
A quintessential Australian blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon and 43% Shiraz, this wine is hand-crafted using small open fermenters, gently basket pressed, and matured in fine French oak for 18 months. French oak has long been favoured for its ability to refine and elevate the wine’s natural complexity with its fine grain and subtle flavour profile.

TASTING NOTES
It offers flavours of red plum and dark cherries, harmoniously balanced with integrated oak and velvet tannins. Enjoy now or cellar up to 10 years from vintage.

Awards:
95 Points – Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
93 Points – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
92 Points – Jeni Port, Wine Pilot

SUITABLE FOR VEGANS AND VEGETARIANS

Reviews Vintages

2023

Specifications

Maturation

18 Months Seasoned French Oak

Closure

Screw Cap

Winemaker

Jeremy Ottawa

Best Drinking

2025-2035

Alcohol

14.50%

Reviews

95 Points

Ray Jordan - Wine Pilot

A classic statement of this combination of varieties that has been so successful in the Barossa Valley. It's made in quite traditional ways with open fermentation and basket pressing. But unlike the shiraz, it gets 18 months in French oak. This contributes to its vibrant, elegant and most stylish palate structure. Lots of plummy, subtly blackcurrant and dark cherry characters. Oak is neatly handled, composed and integrated. Cellar: 12 years

93 Points

Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot

To celebrate the Estate's 135th anniversary, this wine has been added to the range. The blend is 57% Cabernet Sauvignon and 45% Shiraz. Maturation was for a year and a half in French oak.
Crimson/red in colour, it is immediately evident that there is good oak integration here. It sits alongside aromas weaving through cassis, bay leaves, mulberries, smoked meats, black cherries, coffee grinds and aniseed. The wine is of decent length, well balanced, still full of energy and life, and finishing with fine powdery tannins. Enjoy it over the next eight to twelve years.

92 Points

Jeni Port, Wine Pilot