Marananga Shiraz

Sourced from a selecion of premium Shiraz blocks grown on our estate vineyard. Grapes ae picked at optimal ripeness and fermented in open top fermenters with heading down boards to submerge the cap, maximising extraction of colour, flavour and tannins from the grape skins.

Colour: Deep garnet with a bright crimson hue.
Aroma: Concentrated red and black fruits of cherry, plum and raspberry, whole black
pepper, cinnamon spice and milk chocolate with tarry, savoury characters of charcuterie, tobacco and shoe polish. Palate: Rich and ripe layered black savoury fruits, underwritten with spice, flow to a full and even and rich palate. Powerful fruit is restrained and complimented with subtle oak and supple fine chewy tannin supports provide length.

Vintage 2020 Awards:

Wine Orbit – Sam Kim
96pts
Impressively fruited and seductively appealing, the wine shows blackberry, warm spice, toasty oak and dark cocoa aromas on the nose, leading to a superbly weighted palate offering outstanding depth and richly textured mouthfeel. Opulent and powerful, yet harmonious and structured with a sustained, delectable finish. At its best: now to 2040
Published June 2024

Wine Pilot – Ken Gargett
93pts
From the estate vineyard in the highly regarded Marananga sub-region of the Barossa, fermentation is in open top fermenters with heading down boards, the aim being to maximise the extraction of colour, tannins and flavour.

The colour here has certainly been ‘maximised’, a near black/purple. The nose offers those intoxicating notes we find in topnotch Barossa Shiraz, with blackberries, chocolate, mocha, coffee beans, a little graphite and even a hint, in the most positive manner, of axle grease. Good oak integration here. A supple texture combined with a seamless structure, very fine tannins, good focus, bright if underlying acidity and excellent length. All is in place for a promising future, at least over the next decade. Published April 2024

Wine Companion – Dave Brookes
92pts
Bright crimson with fruit aromas of macerated plum, blackberry and black cherry fruits with hints of baking spice, rum and raisin chocolate, licorice, vanillin oak, cedar and earth. It's formed in a traditional Barossan style, plenty of ripe fruit, density and compact, fine tannins, chocolatey on the exit with oak playing its role. Published August 2024

The Wine Front – Campbell Mattinson
91pts
Bold fruit flavour runs in a straight line from the start of the palate to the finish. It’s ripe and luscious but it feels measured, it’s black licorice, asphalt, liquid toast and clove flavours offering plenty without ever getting out of hand. It’s warm with alcohol and very ripe, but it feels controlled. Published Jan 2024

GOLD - Mundus Vini Spring Tasting 2024