Auld Family William Patrick Single Vineyard Shiraz 2021

The team’s flagship wine, and tribute to their great-grandfather, makes a reappearance after its previous incarnation from 2018 – obviously, this is an organisation that means what it says when we hear that the wine will be released only from the very best years. Under Diam, the wine saw a year maturing in quality French oak. This is deep purple in colour. The nose exhibits notes of cloves, licorice, blackberries and blueberries, graphite, mocha, soy and beef stock. There is excellent oak integration here. This is a rich and hedonistic wine with impeccable balance, vibrant acidity, silky tannins and a long and persistent finish. A worthy flagship wine from the Barossa, if ever there was one. Fifteen years.