Curator Wines Marananga Shiraz 2022

The original Curator range was created to exhibit the different terroirs throughout the Barossa. This wine hails from five discrete Shiraz blocks on the home vineyard at Marananga. They include a small (10%) portion of whole bunches in the ferment, after which the wine is pressed into French oak, 20% new, for maturation for a year and a half. 2,100 bottles sealed under diam. The colour is a black maroon, while the nose reveals appealing aromas through notes of blueberries, leather, a touch of charry oak, warm earth, chocolate and blackberries. The palate sees a sweet core of those gorgeous blueberries with coffee beans also in attendance. Excellent length, a fine structure and sleek tannins all combine to add to the appeal. This is a delicious drink and an elegant one, though elegance in the Barossa is a relative thing. It should remain so, and develop even more, over the next ten to fifteen years.