2022 Bannockburn Shiraz

95 POINTS

Philip Rich - Halliday Wine Companion

Made with approximately 20% whole bunch including a portion of carbonic maceration and matured in French hogsheads and puncheons (10% new). A medium-bodied, fragrant and elegant wine that opens up with red and black fruits, floral notes, pink peppercorns and blood orange. On the palate, this has real grip, intensity and persistence, and this will totally reward those who still have some in their cellar a decade from now.

95 POINTS

James Suckling

Savory and earth-driven. with notes of Damson plums, graphite, blackcurrants and spices. The palate is medium- to full-bodied with focused acidity and finely integrated tannins, giving notes of wild blackberries, wet earth, cured meat and dried herbs. Wonderfully balanced and giving.

94 POINTS

Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front

There’s depth to this release but there’s also finesse. It’s toasty and meaty and truffle-like, but there’s deep, black-cherried fruit here too, and stem/mescal notes, and a cedarwood oak-derived influence. Those toasty, truffle-like characters are front and centre though, and they continue even as the wine hones to a fine-grained finish. There’s enough tightness here to suggest that it will mature well, though even at this early stage it drinks well, and in a complex way.

92 POINTS

Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2022 Shiraz Geelong leads with distinctive game and cocoa, meat crust and peppercorns. In the mouth, the wine is silky and fine and so reminiscent of the bouquet. The finish is laden with cocoa powder and dried mint, clove and tarragon. Lovely wine, it is precisely distinctive of Bannockburn. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.

92 POINTS

Angus Hughson - Vinous

The 2022 Shiraz offers a juicy yet subtle upfront mix of mulberry and dried herbs, lifted by stocky and charcuterie complexity. It shows good structure and balance in a midweight style, with a long, fine and sustained finish. Well set to enjoy over the medium term.