Lienert Sieben Klon Vineyard Shiraz 2020

A fine Shiraz from the Barossa, my first impression is that this is a wine which is very true to vintage. For me, many of the 2020’s have a power, concentration and burliness which suggests that while they might be thoroughly enjoyable drinking at this early stage, they’ll be better with time. Anyone prepared to give them that time will be very happy, I am certain. This wine is a perfect example of that. Dark maroon, we have notes of plums, black fruits, tobacco leaves, warm earth and more. Very young and there is a slightly sappy acidity and the wine has decent length. There is oak but the wine has handled it with ease and everything is in balance. The texture is seamless but firm and the finish takes no prisoners. So much promise here and it should achieve that given time. I’d leave it at least two to three years and then drink over the following decade. The score reflects the wine today – it should continue to rise over the coming years.