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50 Year Old Vines Shiraz 2021

$80.00 / bottle

WINEMAKING

From select Shiraz vineyards planted over 50 years ago.

The grapes are handpicked, destemmed, but not crushed, and spend seven days on their skins in open fermenters with hand-plunging twice daily to more gently extract colour, flavours and tannins.

This is followed by careful basket pressing and malolactic fermentation in a combination of new and seasoned French oak prior to 24 months of maturation in our cellars.

VINEYARD

The grapes from this wine come from just an estate vineyardsin the Vine Vale parish of the Barossa on alluvial Sandy Brown loams.

These low-yielding “Barossa Old Vines” were planted before 1965 and are now fully mature. They have a root structure and trunk thickness that encourage diversity of flavour and character. Their worthiness has been proven over many vintages, consistently producing the highest quality fruit.

TASTING NOTES

Medium to deep crimson/purple. Powerfully intense aniseed, blackberry, mulberry and blueberry fruit aromas, with ginger, mint notes.

Vigorous and fleshy with generous blueberry, blackberry flavours, excellent mid-palate richness and plentiful brambly chocolatey tannins.

Awards:
96 Points – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
95 Points – Andrew Caillard MW, The Vintage Journal 2024
95 Points – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
95 Points – Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
95 Points – Aaron Brasher, The Real Review
93 Points – Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion
92 Points – Angus Hughson, Vinous
92 Points – Jeni Port, Wine Pilot
Gold Medal – Berlin Wine Trophy 2024
Gold Medal – Global Syrah Masters 2024

SUITABLE FOR VEGANS AND VEGETARIANS

Specifications

Maturation

Maturation

24 Months French Oak (15% New)

Grape Variety

Grape Variety

Shiraz

Closure

Closure

Cork

Winemaker

Winemaker

Jeremy Ottawa

Best Drinking

Best Drinking

2024 - 2035

Alcohol

Alcohol

14.90%

Reviews

96 Points

Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

A sumptuous offering, the enticing bouquet shows black and purple fruit intensity, star anise, olive and toasty oak characters with a touch of cocoa. The palate offers opulent richness together with velvety mouthfeel and loads of polished tannins, making it robust and plush at the same time. At its best: now to 2039.

95 Points

Andrew Caillard MW, The Vintage Journal 2024

Deep crimson. Fragrant musky dark cherry, vanillin marzipan aromas. Very well balanced with deep-set dark cherry, mocha, roasted almond flavours and beautifully integrated chocolaty firm tannins. Finishes chalky and minerally with a twist of aniseed. A lovely well-balanced wine. Drink now–2030

95 Points

Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot

A similar method of winemaking as to the 2020, culminating in two years maturing in a mix of new and older French oak. The fruit is, again, from Marananga, Light’s Pass and Bethany.
The colour here is an opaque black/maroon. The nose has aromas of aniseed, florals, blackcurrants, chocolate and earth all swirling around. Leather, cloves and soy as well. This is rich, powerful and concentrated. There is good length through to sleek tannins. The palate sees notes of coffee beans and mocha emerging. A seriously good Barossa red, with ten to twenty years ahead of it.

95 Points

Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot

This was a very good vintage in the Barossa, and it’s highlighted beautifully with this smoothly defined and elegantly presented Shiraz. Loads of dark fruit characters on the nose lead into the intense driven palate. Has an effortless palate structure extending to a very long finish. Drink by: 2024-2039

95 Points

Aaron Brasher, The Real Review

Dark, inky and opaque in the glass. Heady and brooding aromas of stewed plum, mulberry, liqueur chocolates, pudding spice, sweet oak and ferrous earth. Big time, old school, plush and opulent. There's lashings of dark fruits, spice and oak, all kept under control by firm, textured tanins and snappy acidity. Fabulous power and concentration and very early on its journey. 2024–2039

93 Points

Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion

Old-vine shiraz, 50 years of age, matured in French oak for 20 months, that sits in the classic Barossan style. Rich blackberry, plum and mulberry fruits with underlying baking spice, licorice, black olive, dark chocolate, panforte, wood spice and earth. Cedar, vanillin and tobacco come in on the palate along with fine, sandy tannins and a medium-length finish with red fruit and leathery/earthy nuance. Drink By 2035

92 Points

Jeni Port, Wine Pilot

A top vintage meets top winemaking and the result is a harmonious pleasure. Arrives fully integrated and, in keeping with the Château Tanunda style, while there is obvious power there is also sophistication. The winemaker should be congratulated for beautifully bringing to life some fabulous fruit blessed in rich black berries, aniseed, ground cinnamon, clove, undergrowth and earth. Moves seamlessly on to a smooth, velvety palate where tannins are ripe but supple, allowing for easy flowing progress through the mouth before finishing long and lingering. There’s a lot here to like and enjoy. Drink by: 2024-2042

92 Points

Angus Hughson, Vinous

This 2021 Shiraz opens with a generous serve of blackberry, kirsch and cola with leathery undertones. Compact and young, a little bit of teenage angst right now with its youthful energy, tangy acid and slightly hard tannins leading the way but this should settle nicely with a couple more years under its belt. Drink by: 2027-2035

Berlin Wine Trophy 2024

Gold Medal

92 Points

James Suckling

Lush fruit, plush chocolate, ripe blackberries, blueberries and some pine needles and dark walnuts. Fleshy and medium- to full-bodied on the palate, with upfront fruit opulence and round tannins. Long and hedonistic. Drink or hold.

Global Syrah Masters 2024

Gold Medal