The 2023 vintage is widely reported to have been the most difficult and challenging in at least the past 20 years. A third La Niña event produced the wettest year since 2011 and the ninth wettest on record since 1900 for Australia in 2022, with rainfall totals 26 per cent above the 1961–1990 average. It was also Australia’s coolest
year since 2012, although average temperatures were 0.5 degrees C warmer than the 1961–1990 average. Persiste...
Amon-Ra 2023 ($120) – A classic old vine Shiraz from the Barossa Valley, specifically the Ebenezer sub-region, with the vines providing the fruit aged between 50 and 130 years. Maturation was in new hogsheads for sixteen months, 95% of them French and the remainder American. Under cork.
A seriously good Barossa Valley Shiraz by any standards. Deep maroon with a blood red rim, this is still youthful and powerful with good concentration. The nose exhibits notes of warm earth, blackberries, smoked meats, aniseed, chocolate, cassis, dried herbs and truffles. A touch savoury in style, there is very good length here with fine powdery tannins on a lingering finish. A cracking Barossa Valley Shiraz for enjoying over the next two decades. 95.
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