$60.00 / bottle
To ensure the unique character of this sub-region is exemplified in the wine, small open fermenters and our basket press were employed to gently extract the wine. Aging in the finest quality oak for 18 months and selection of the truest barrels has created a wine that respects and expresses its place of origin.
Marananga, centred in the North West quadrant of the Barossa provides some of the Valley’s most powerful wines. The red brown clay loam soils with schists and siltstone yield flavours of jam and black forest cake, cardamom, blueberry fruits, cocoa powder on a long full bodied palate.
Awards:
95 Points – Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
95 Points – Jeni Port, Wine Pilot
95 Points – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
92 Points – Aaron Brasher, The Real Review
Maturation
18 months French and American oak
Closure
Cork
Winemaker
Jeremy Ottawa
Best Drinking
2022-2032
Alcohol
15.50%
95 Points
Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
This is one of the most distinctive parts of the Barossa, with the red brown clay soils yielding wines of tremendous poise and structure with a thread of iron stone a subtle character. On the nose traces of dusty earth and spicy black fruits emerge. The savoury ironstone characters of the palate complement the deep fruit flavours, supported by firmish sinewy tannins. A distinctive wine that reflects its origins. 2024-2036
95 Points
Jeni Port, Wine Pilot
Very much a bold, fluent speaking Barossa Shiraz. Deep, rich and black hearted . . . and that’s just the colour. Marananga heavy spice to the fore together with super ripe black fruits, plum, aniseed, cedary oak, dusty earth and more. Everything is in overdrive, but it’s so nicely put together it carries it well with extra oomph and power through to the finish. Fine grained, persistent tannins bring the structure, visceral textural notes bring the middle palate warmth. Alcohol is noted with an equally warm finish. Always distinctly Marananga in style, richness, colour and sweet fruited dark intensity. 2024-2040
95 Points
Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
From the very heart of the Barossa, for many, this sub-region has been responsible for some of the greatest wines ever to emerge from the district. This wine sees a year and a half maturing in the team’s best oak, a mix of French and American. Good examples from this district can offer blueberry notes and hints of chocolate mud cake. This wine does just that. It is a cracker and is seriously good value when compared with some other elite Shiraz from the sub-region. Under cork. This is youthful but intense, with an opaque maroon hue. Notes of cassis, coffee beans, mocha, blackberries and leather, the quality of the Marananga region is on full display. The oak is well integrated and the texture is plush with silk tannins. The palate sees the emergence of big black cherries and graphite notes. So much to love here. This is certain to provide pleasure for a decade, perhaps twice that. 2025-2035
92 Points
Aaron Brasher, The Real Review
Aromas of plum, mulberry, sweet spice, briar, eucalyptus, dark cherry and nutty oak. Dark fruited, firm and plush in flavour. Satsuma plum, dark cherry and spice are at the core. Textured, grippy, layered and long.
2025–2035
Berlin Wine Trophy 2025
Gold Medal
