C O L O U R
Deep red.
N O S E
Raisin aromas with plums, blackberries, a faint hint of spice, vanilla, and toasted oak.
P A L A T E
The full-bodied palate is rich and velvety in texture. The fruit is dark red berries, black berries, and plum, dense and concentrated, coffee and chocolate, layered with spice. This is a powerful wine with exceptional balance and surprising finesse
W I N E M A K I N G
This is an Amarone style wine made from Shiraz grapes. The grapes are hand-picked, just before flavour ripeness, into individual 10kg buckets and then laid out onto separate racks to dry. The drying is carried out in a purpose built, fully insulated shed complete with high intensity air fans to aid the drying process. The length of drying time varies each year and is influenced by a variety of factors including the ripeness of the grape, the ambient heat and humidity and the flavour on tasting. The drying process intensifies the flavours of the grape without losing any of the natural acids present in the grape on picking. The Baumé of the grape is increased during this process by between 0.5 ° and 1.5 °. After drying the grapes are processed into wine.
AWARDS/REVIEWS
Barossa Super 100 Classification 2025
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Halliday | Dave Brooks | 95 Points
Estate-grown Barossa Ranges shiraz produced Amarone style. The result? A beautiful, perfumed wine with fruit tones of doris plum, grilled fig and dark cherry with a high-toned blueberry splash. You'd expect a blockbuster, but there is detail and space within; a swell of baking spices, chocolate brownie, pressed meadow flowers, espresso, chinotto, pan juices and earth. The tannin backbone is compact and akin to powdered granite with fine, lacy acid lending propulsion and line. Such a lovely wine style.
Winepilot | Ken Gargett | 95 Points
Always an intriguing style with Barossa Ranges Shiraz semi-dried in the manner we see in certain Italian regions, known as ‘appassimento’. This method dries the grapes and concentrates sugars and flavours – think Amarone, as one example. Under diam, 450 dozen made. The colour is deep red, maroon. This wine offers such an appealing ripeness and plushness. We have notes of mocha, coffee beans, chocolate, licorice and a lovely quite spicy, even slightly peppery note. The palate sees strong Ouzo notes emerge. A sleek texture, good balance, satiny tannins and a long finish combine seamlessly. Possibly, this will be a little too much in-your-face for some, but I suspect most of us will revel in this delicious effort. Enjoy this for at least the next ten to fifteen years.
Wine Orbit | Sam Kim | 96 Points
A stunning rendition, offering rich fruit intensity with seductive complexity, showing blackberry, cake spice, roasted nut, game, and cocoa notes on the nose. The palate delivers terrific depth and richness, with a plush texture and finely pitched tannins, offering sturdy structure and harmony that culminate in a sustained, brooding finish. At its best: 2027 to 204
