Terroirs of the Barossa Eden Valley Shiraz 2019

$60.00 / bottle

TASTING NOTES

The wine reflects the slate and granite soils with strong mineral notes, and fruit flavours of blackberry, Morello cherry. Complex deeper notes of earth and cured meats bring the palate to a long and evenly weighted finish.

WINEMAKING

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 new and seasoned French (70%) and American oak barrels has created a wine that respects and expresses its place of origin

Terroir: The combined effects of site soil and climate on the vine. The  Barossa has some very distinct sub-regions which exhibit their own unique influence on the wine. A journey through the Terroirs is a lesson in the Barossa’s versatility. We have chosen Eden Valley to highlight its rich, darker flavours unique to this high altitude,  cooler climate and rocky, clay loam soils.

Specifications

Region

Region

Eden Valley | Soil: red-grey loams with slate and granite | Altitude: 400m

Maturation

Maturation

18 months French and American oak barrels

Grape Variety

Grape Variety

Shiraz

Closure

Closure

Cork

Winemaker

Winemaker

Neville Rowe

Best Drinking

Best Drinking

2023-2033

Alcohol

Alcohol

14.90%

Reviews

95 POINTS

Huon Hooke, The Real Review

Dark, dense, concentrated purple/black colour with a powerful, super-ripe, jammy bouquet of crushed raspberry, mulberry and balsamic herbs. Dried sage and oregano. Very regional in style. Concentrated flavour, masses of mouth-coating tannins and a gripping farewell that last and lasts. A trace of bitterness in the tannins. A monster wine of power and persistence that begs to be cellared. And it's very Eden Valley—albeit in a big-boy style. 2023–2034

95 POINTS

Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

Powerful and refined at the same time, showing Black Doris plum, dark spice, thyme and roasted nut aromas on the nose, leading to a wonderfully flavoursome palate that's filled with rich fruit flavours backed by silky texture and fine tannins. At its best: 2024 to 2039.

92 POINTS

Andrew Caillard MW

Deep crimson. Intense boysenberry, blackberry, mulberry aromas with espresso, roasted walnut notes. Well concentrated choco-berry fruits, plentiful fine lacy chalky/ al dente textures, underlying roasted chestnut, cola notes, attractive mid palate volume and integrated fresh acidity. Finishes claret-firm with persistent red liquorice, aniseed notes. Drinking well. Under cork. Drink now – 2026+

94 POINTS

Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate

Pure, spicy and verging on fine (in the context of Barossa)... Eden Valley, in a nutshell, is cooler, higher elevation than the valley floor and offers finer acidity, blue fruits and shavings of meat and exotic spice. This is on the blue-fruited end of the spectrum and shows additional raspberry coulis, black salted licorice, deli meat and pie crust. The tannins frame the affair and make the whole thing quite moreish. Delicious. Well done.

Berlin Wine Trophy 2021

GOLD MEDAL