Château Tanunda The Everest Barossa Shiraz 2020
- 95
- $330
- Drink by: 2024-2046
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The pinnacle (so to speak) of Barossa Shiraz. The drinker is asked to climb to the mountain top of what is undoubtedly a wine of some presence and profundity. It asks a lot and delivers much in return. Aromas lifted in aromatic spices meld with black plum, blackberry, cassis, black liquorice and dark chocolate, mocha, vanillin, woodsy oak notes among a busy flurry of scents. The palate is plush and lingering, built along the lines of solid tannins but, nevertheless, still malleable. The fruit presence is dark and spice fueled and full of considerable power and intensity. For lovers of traditional style Barossan Shiraz, it fulfills every desire. Fruit is bold, rich and dense, while the oak component is equally generous. Everything seems out-sized at this early stage but, then again, this is a wine built for the long term.
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.
