50 Year Old Vines Shiraz 2023

The grapes providing the fruit for this wine come from the Vine Vale sub-region, and were planted in 1965. After destemming, they spend a week on their skins before basket-pressing and then maturation in French oak, new and older, for a year and a half. Under cork. A deep purple hue, notes of spices, chocolate, bay leaves, coffee beans, black fruits, soy and truffles weave through the nose. The wine is generous and approachable and also has some toasty and vanillin notes from the
oak integration. There is excellent length here, the wine is bright and energetic, and
concludes with fine, firm tannins. A 15-year proposition. Drink now–2040

This is immediately appealing on the nose with aromas of dark berry, star anise, liquorice, and cedar. The palate delivers a plump mouthfeel and fleshy texture, splendidly supported by polished tannins, finishing persistent and delectably appealing. At its best: now to 2040.

The vineyards, situated in the Vine Vale sub-region of the Barossa, which provided the grapes for this delicious old vine Shiraz were all planted prior to 1965. Maturation was in a mix of new and older French oak for a year and a half.
There is very much an earthiness to this wine – just the sort of thing which some love and others may be a touch more reticent about. Put it with your finest steak and I doubt there’ll be many complaints. The wine is opaque maroon in colour, while the nose reveals notes of mushrooms, animal skins, blackberries, bay leaves, black cherries and coffee grinds. There is good length and intensity throughout and the palate sees the emergence of chocolate notes. Earthy tannins are evident on the finish. A wine for enjoying over the next fifteen years.

Deep garnet colour; rich chocolate, blood plum and Christmas cake aromas, the palate full bodied and rich with density and fleshy extract, the tannins supple and ample, hints of toffee and caramel, but earthy/terracotta, fruitcake and dark plum/licorice favours predominate. Very smart wine in the fuller bodied, warm-grown style. 2026-2038

Impeccably balanced and poised, old vine shiraz from the Barossa. This wine really does show what this region can do when the fruit is treated so sympathetically. Spicy, plummy, dark chocolate and mocha characters, but it's that juicy lift of raspberry through the middle that really brings it to life. Elegant and quite stylish with excellent length. Cellar: 15 Years