Château Tanunda 50 Year Old Vines Shiraz 2023
- 94
- $80
- Drink by: 2026-2036
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Built for long distance not for speed, this old vine Shiraz – under cork – comes dark and dense, savoury influenced and with plenty of time still on the clock. Acacia, earth, dark red fruit and peppery spice light up the bouquet. Indeed, you could get lost in the spiciness that ensues, with a palate lifted by a native pepper piquancy, allspice and Aussie bush notes with sweet black fruits, blackcurrant, cocoa, earth and leather. Well-honed oak plays its role well, adding another layer of flavour and interest, while tannins are firm, adding their voice to a wine still coming together and which will undoubtedly age well.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
