Château Tanunda 50-Year-Old Vines Shiraz 2023

The vineyards, situated in the Vine Vale sub-region of the Barossa, which provided the grapes for this delicious old vine Shiraz were all planted prior to 1965. Maturation was in a mix of new and older French oak for a year and a half. There is very much an earthiness to this wine – just the sort of thing which some love and others may be a touch more reticent about. Put it with your finest steak and I doubt there’ll be many complaints. The wine is opaque maroon in colour, while the nose reveals notes of mushrooms, animal skins, blackberries, bay leaves, black cherries and coffee grinds. There is good length and intensity throughout and the palate sees the emergence of chocolate notes. Earthy tannins are evident on the finish. A wine for enjoying over the next fifteen years.