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95
/ 100
James Halliday
Red
Classification
Shiraz
Variety
2021
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
South Australia, Barossa Valley
Region
14.0%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
95 / 100"Ex-estate grown vineyards, 71/29% Greenock/Nuriootpa, matured on lees in French puncheons for 14 months. Full bodied and full blooded, this wine reflects a great red vintage for the Barossa Valley. Questions of style go out the window with Barossa shiraz, particularly where the US market is concerned. Just give it 20 years."
- James Halliday
Tasting Notes
A blend of Nuriootpa and Greenock fruit went into the 2021 Neil Ashmead Grand Tourer Shiraz, which was aged in 50% to 60% new French oak. Fermented in Elderton's waxed open fermenters with heading boards and pressed early straight to new French oak hogsheads, for 15 months on gross lees. Blackberry & bramble fruit with bready, meaty and savoury yeast characters, full rich palate and great length. This Shiraz will constantly evolve in the glass from savoury meaty characters to red and black fruits.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity