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...
Bishop 2023 ($40) – Cracking Shiraz from the Ebenezer sub-region in the Barossa Valley, the vines which provided the fruit ranged in age between 35 and 120 years of age. The grapes underwent an extended maceration before maturation for sixteen months in French oak, 40% new and the remaining 60% two- to three-year-old hogsheads.
Deep maroon with a blood red rim, the nose offers notes of plums, chocolate, hints of smoked meats, root vegetables and blackberries, with subtle oak integration. There is a slight dusting of cocoa powder as well. The wine exhibits good focus through to fine powdery tannins and the balance is never out of kilter. The palate sees the emergence of more chocolate notes. A lovely style which will provide pleasure for the next ten to twelve years. 93.
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