Yalumba The Steeple Shiraz 2022

From a single vineyard, just 1.3 hectares in size, located in the Light Pass sub-region of the Barossa, and from the superb 2022 vintage, the team have adopted biodynamic principles for this wine. The vines were originally planted back in 1919. Maturation was for sixteen months in Tonnellerie Sylvain ‘Artistic Series’ barriques, with 15% of them new barriques made from a single 365-year-old oak tree. Maroon with a garnet rim, the nose exhibits notes of dry herbs, bacon fat, animal skins, garden herbs, black fruits and aniseed. There is good complexity here with focus, drive and length. A sleek texture, good balance and satiny tannins round out an excellent Barossa Shiraz with good persistence. The palate sees a move to notes of charcuterie. This should drink beautifully for the next ten to twelve years.