C O L O U R
Bright red with a garnet hue
N O S E
Bright, uplifting nose of ripe cherries and plum with a faint waft of earth and oak.
P A L A T E
Dark berries, ripe cherries, and plums with a gentle earthiness and fine tannins. Hints of florals, black fruits, and licorice. Full of flavour. Delicious
W I N E M A K I N G
Hand pick, cold soak, wild ferment, and a 10-day fermentation period.
AWARDS/REVIEWS
Wine Orbit | Sam Kim | 95 points
This is instantly appealing on the nose with blackberry, cured meat, mixed spice and roasted nut aromas. The palate offers succulent fruit intensity with fleshy texture and supple tannins, beautifully complemented by sweet fruit flavours and savoury nuances, making it enticing and highly attractive.
Halliday | Dave Brooks | 92 Points
A Barossa ranges-sourced blend of 60% shiraz and 40% Montepulciano with a vibrant hue and lovely crunchy red and dark plummy fruits along with a touch of cranberry/mulberry and hints of spice box, dried meats, spearmint, milk chocolate, sage, espresso and glazed cherries. Some sour morello cherry flows in on the palate, which shows a pleasing spacious clarity, snappy, tangy red and dark fruits and plenty of character and inherent drinkability, finishing toothsome and red-fruited.
Ken Gargett | Winepilot | 91 Points
"A Shiraz Montepulciano blend is perhaps not the most common mix one regularly encounters, but this French/Italian combination is a delicious one. Hailing from the exceptional 2021 vintage no doubt assists. The wine underwent a wild ferment over ten days. Bright red/garnet hue, this does tend to slide slightly towards the more rustic style of wine – which immediately puts it in the love-it-or-hate-it category. Warm earth, coffee grinds, chocolate, florals, black fruits and licorice. Soft and supple with fine tannins, this has a lovely lingering finish with a gentle fade. Attractive drinking over the next two to four years.
Robert Parker | Erin Larkin | 91 points
The 2021 Behr Creek Shiraz comprises 60% Shiraz and 40% Montepulciano and was matured for 18 months in French oak. The wine is meaty and yet fresh, with chinotto and blood orange, dark chocolate and pastrami, tonka bean and scraped vanilla pod. The fruit sits on the black cherry spectrum, and the wine feels agile and vibrant while still true to its Barossan roots: earthy, ferruginous and concentrated. 14.2% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
