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  • Country ranking ?

    233
  • Producer ranking ?

    4
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Lamb

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Vintage 2021

2021 Barossa Valley Vintage Report

Following two particularly dry seasons, many were hoping for Mother Nature to be much kinder, and mostly she was. Winter rainfall in 2020 recorded 148mm, the same as winter 2019, (22% below average). The majority of this rainfall was in the latter half of August, with the rain continuing into September and October. This was ideal timing to replenish soil profiles to field capacity moving into budburst in O...

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To be honest, if anyone mentions Gundog Estate, my thoughts immediately go to fine Semillon, not Shiraz, which is definitely an oversight on my part. Their Shiraz wines are at least as impressive as the Sems, perhaps even more so. This one hails from a pair of low-yielding, old vineyards – Will’s Hill and Tinkler’s. Fermentation is in open top fermenters before maturation for a year in French oak puncheons. 


Deep red/crimson in colour, the nose is all red fruits, cherries and raspberries, with lifted warm earth notes and hints of animal skins. Notes of coffee grinds and dry herbs emerge on the palate. Impressive stuff, the texture is simply gorgeous, supple and seductive. Tannins are abundant but ever-so-silky. And such length! This is a cracking red, giving pleasure now but which will surely drink superbly for the next ten to fifteen years. 94, but expect that to go even higher with time.


  • 94p

Hunter Shiraz from a ‘cooler’ vintage, open fermented and matured in French oak puncheons. I struggled hard. It sounds promising but tastes a bit muddled. Ruby red, the nose has a Hunter earth, boysenberry and a slight lift from the oak. Promise. But there is also this weird gummy sweet and savoury clash on the palate, with fruit that seems coinfected, making this seem jubey and yet not bright fruited – a bit leathery. It’s going to take time for that to resolve, I think because it’s just a palate clash. Definitely ‘Hunter Burgundy’ vibes, but it’s going to need time to find some balance. Best drinking: come back in five years. 16.8/20, 89/100. 13%, $45. Would I buy it? No.

  • 89p
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