Never seen so much Barossa wine come through my front door (and office door for that matter) than at the moment. I tasted this at a lunch thingo the other week, and while hasty tasting is not my preferred method for evaluating cellar-worthy wines, it certainly takes up a lot less room and resources. This Blackwell comes from the Ebenezer, Seppeltsfield and Greenock sub-regions of the Barossa.
Plenty of roast coconut oak, blackberry (nip), the perfume of lemon zest and flowers with a surprisingly juicy palate, given the brooding density the nose might suggest – it’s more cherries with fresh acidity (not too forced either) and plenty of powdery tannins. You’d think it might cellar pretty well too. Large scale, robust and full-flavoured, but not leaden. An impressive wine within its style. Drink : 2011 - 2018+ 94 Points Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
100% Shiraz, all fruit coming from the Seppeltsfield, Greenock and Ebenezer sub-regions of the Barossa. As you would expect from this wine and vintage –we have deep garnet red with an attractive purple hues. The colour gives rise to an expectation of concentration and power. This is a wine where the colour and bouquet speak volumes of what is to come on the palate –the bouquet is pure opulence expressing the intensity and inky density of the wine. The palate unleashes dense, rich, dark chocolate and a powerful array of dark blackberry fruits flavours. Very much a Shiraz on the prowl with a rib-eye steak on its mind! Stuart Blackwell, Winemaker
