Château Tanunda Terroirs of the Barossa Marananga Shiraz 2023

From the very heart of the Barossa, for many, this sub-region has been responsible for some of the greatest wines ever to emerge from the district. This wine sees a year and a half maturing in the team’s best oak, a mix of French and American. Good examples from this district can offer blueberry notes and hints of chocolate mud cake. This wine does just that. It is a cracker and is seriously good value when compared with some other elite Shiraz from the sub-region. Under cork. This is youthful but intense, with an opaque maroon hue. Notes of cassis, coffee beans, mocha, blackberries and leather, the quality of the Marananga region is on full display. The oak is well integrated and the texture is plush with silk tannins. The palate sees the emergence of big black cherries and graphite notes. So much to love here. This is certain to provide pleasure for a decade, perhaps twice that.