Curator Wines Barossa Shiraz 2022

First up, put this wine at the top of your bargain buys list. Cracking value. It hails from five plots of Shiraz from the home vineyard at Marananga. 10% whole bunches were used in the fermentation, which was done separately for each block. After pressing into French oak, 15% new, the wine spent the next sixteen months happily maturing, before blending. An inky dark maroon colour, the nose exhibits notes of mocha, cassis, chocolate, coffee grinds and tobacco leaves. The texture is seductive, even decadent, and there are abundant but fine and silky tannins. A long and lingering finish, over which the intensity is maintained, ties up an utterly gorgeous Barossa Shiraz. This really is seriously good value. Enjoy it any time over the next ten to twelve years. The score could have been higher, and I have no doubt it will deserve elevation with time.