The Château Single Vineyard Shiraz
The Château Single Vineyard Shiraz originates from the deep sandy loam soils of the Château Tanunda Vine Vale vineyard, famous for some of the most elegant and fine-structured expressions of Barossa Shiraz.
Tasting Notes
This is an opulent, full-bodied wine with lifted aromas of blackberry, blueberry and cracked pepper supported by spicy, dark berry fruits on the palate. The extensive finish is framed by elegant fruit and fine-grained tannins. Although drinking well now this wine will benefit from medium-term cellaring.
Winemaking
Hand-picked from select rows of our 12 ha Vine Vale vineyard at 280m elevation. The grapes are destemmed but not crushed and fermented for seven days in open fermenters with regular plunging and remontage. Upon completion of fermentation, the skins are gently basket pressed before maturing for 18 months in a combination of French and American oak barrels.
Reviews
93
Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
2021 Vintage: This is fresh, well-flavoured and well-made. It’s one of the most enjoyable Chateau Tanunda wines I’ve had in some time. Licorice, redcurrant, sweet cedar and woodsmoke notes put on a flavoursome show, ably supported by grainy, earthen tannin, gently salty tannin. Good stuff this. Pure Barossa.
92
Aaron Brasher, The Real Review
2021 Vintage: Dark and inky in the glass. Lifted aromas of plum, mulberry, dark cherry, sweet spice and creamy oak. Full flavoured, opulent and dark fruit driven. There's real generosity of flavour, but it's all balanced nicely by firm, granular tannins and punchy acidity.
95 Points
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Vintage 2021: Richly fruited and seductively fragrant, the bouquet shows blackberry, vanilla, cedar, mixed spice and dark cocoa characters. It's equally satisfying in the mouth, delivering terrific weight and richly textured mouthfeel, well complemented by layers of fine tannins. Splendidly flavoursome and plush. At its best: now to 2039.
93 Points
Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
Vintage 2022: Barossa Shiraz from a single vineyard, the Vine Vale Vineyard. A seven day fermentation in open fermenters, followed by a year and a half maturing in a mix of French and American oak. If occasionally we find a touch of variation in the Tanunda wines, we can safely say that this is a hit. And good value.
An inky maroon hue, there is plenty of oak on show but all well balanced and forms an attractive part of the final wine. Notes of vanilla, spices, chocolate, cloves, plums, mulberries, redcurrants, a dusting of cocoa powder and some dried herbs. The chocolate notes were reinforced on the palate. A supple, even slightly creamy texture here, fine tannins and good length. Delicious and should remain so for at least five to eight years.