Heirloom Barossa Shiraz 2022

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Sam Kim - Wine Orbit

It's opulent and gorgeously aromatic on the nose, showing dark fruit intensity, warm spice, dark cocoa and cedar characters. The palate delivers terrific weight and fleshy texture, wonderfully framed by rounded mouthfeel and silky tannins, finishing long and delicious.

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Ray Jordan - Winepilot

Provides quite a contrast to the McLaren Vale Shiraz from this vintage. This is more chocolaty and generous with a firm opulence drawn from deep in those old Barossa soils. The plummy dominance on the nose is neatly complemented by some nice spices and dried herbs. With 18 months in French and American oak, it stacks up well as a wine for drinking now or for tucking away in the cellar for a few years.

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Ken Gargett - Winepilot

The grapes used here were sourced from the team’s top Barossa Shiraz vineyard. Sorting by the bunch, wild yeasts in an open fermenter, basket pressing and then time in French oak barriques. Deep crimson colour, this is a generous style of red with good extraction. Flavour by the truckload, this is dense, yet concentrated and balanced. The flavours move through coffee beans, mocha, blueberries, cassis, chocolate and blackberries. Silky tannins and excellent length, this is richly flavoured from start to finish. Delicious drinking and should remain so for the next eight to twelve years. Love it.

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David Sly - Decanter

Fresh-faced, chubby, happy and generous, this is Shiraz that is so eager to please. Here’s the sweet forward red fruits, there’s the plush mid-palate that slides so effortlessly, here’s the black-fruited grip at the conclusion to prove that it’s not just a simple wine. It is exactly what it promises, and delivers; just drink and enjoy.

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Angus Hughson - Vinous

This quite refined 2022 Shiraz Barossa impresses with detailed aromas of tempered chocolate, wood fires with a faint whiff of Australian bush supported by well chosen, yet prominent oak. A Shiraz in good shape and with focus, again with overt oak, and plenty of fruit to match. Balance is the key here, which will keep this vibrant over the medium term, although it is already approachable.

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James Suckling

Ripe cherries, plums, chocolate orange and sage on the nose. It’s juicy and creamy with medium to full body and youthful, bright fruit. Silky tannins.

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Dave Brookes - Halliday Wine Companion

A good-smelling wine, this one. Plush and ripe plummy fruits with hints of blueberry pie, licorice, purple floral tones, dark chocolate, bay leaf and earth. Some blackberry comes through on the palate with creamy, chocolatey oak, silty tannins and a velvety flow of fruit as the wine fades away.

Kasia Sobiesiak - The Wine Front

It’s a sloshy, juicy one. A bit of a blackberry cordial-spiked black tea, with chewy tannins and a dusting of spice. Feels generic and ready to be loved by many for its immediately appealing juiciness and punchy, rich, fruity flavour. A recipe for one type of success.