Château Tanunda Barossa Old Vine Shiraz 2024
- 93
- $50
- Drink by: 2026-2038
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A richly embroidered Shiraz of impressive depth and complexity, but also approachability now. That’s good winemaking. Deep red-crimson hues. Aromas and flavours combine ripe dark berries, fruitcake, cedar oak and earth with gloriously lifted spices moving from clove and cinnamon to anise. Oak is a feature with warm, toasted notes, hints of coffee grounds, chocolate and woodsy spices layered throughout the wine. The palate is sealed by sturdy, smooth tannins which will ensure impressive ageing ability. Nicely balanced and drives deep through the finish. Drink now or later or both.
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.
