2022 Hillside Shiraz
The Hillside Shiraz was sourced from the best west-facing hillside Marananga block, right in the heart of Barossa. Aged in French and American oak for at least 18 months, this wine is crafted to last the distance and is to be enjoyed in life's finer moments.
Bottled without fining or filtration (Vegan Friendly).
96 Points Kim Berbach
96 Points Wine Orbit
94 Points Winepilot Ken Gargett - The fruit here comes from their best vineyard at Marananga, a west-facing hillside. It spends a year and a half in a mix of French and American oak. The colour is a near opaque maroon, with a nose which reveals notes of spices, cold tea, florals and lots of chocolate. Touches of coffee grinds and black fruits provide a supporting layer. This is a typical, balanced, full of flavour Barossa red, well balanced and with ultra-fine, rather velvety tannins, which will provide pleasure for at least a decade.
93 Points Halliday Wine Companion 2025 - A Marananga shiraz aged in French and American oak for at least 18 months. Deep magenta/crimson with aromas of plush cassis, blueberry and blackberry fruits and hints of dark chocolate, ironstone, licorice, cedar, wood spice, graphite and earth. Full bodied and rich, with ferrous-edged, powdery tannins and an almost creamy, chocolatey angle to its flow across the palate, finishing with plush, velvet-like fruit.
93 Points James Suckling - Marananga sourced, this is a wine of polish and considerable largesse. Coffee grind American oak aromas shift to licorice, blue fruit allusions and kirsch, with dried thyme, lavender and iodine at the back end. A burr of heat across the forceful finish, that is admirably, both detailed and long. A wine for the hedonist that will age well.
93 Points The Real Review - Deep, bright, concentrated plummy fruit aromas—black plums with touches of licorice and fruitcake, dried fruits included. The wine is very big and slightly alcohol-warm on the finish, with a sweet fruit core, dense and chewy in texture but the tannins are nicely polished and balanced. A concentrated, essency shiraz of quality and potential.
The Hillside Shiraz was sourced from the best west-facing hillside Marananga block, right in the heart of Barossa. Aged in French and American oak for at least 18 months, this wine is crafted to last the distance and is to be enjoyed in life's finer moments.
Bottled without fining or filtration (Vegan Friendly).
96 Points Kim Berbach
96 Points Wine Orbit
94 Points Winepilot Ken Gargett - The fruit here comes from their best vineyard at Marananga, a west-facing hillside. It spends a year and a half in a mix of French and American oak. The colour is a near opaque maroon, with a nose which reveals notes of spices, cold tea, florals and lots of chocolate. Touches of coffee grinds and black fruits provide a supporting layer. This is a typical, balanced, full of flavour Barossa red, well balanced and with ultra-fine, rather velvety tannins, which will provide pleasure for at least a decade.
93 Points Halliday Wine Companion 2025 - A Marananga shiraz aged in French and American oak for at least 18 months. Deep magenta/crimson with aromas of plush cassis, blueberry and blackberry fruits and hints of dark chocolate, ironstone, licorice, cedar, wood spice, graphite and earth. Full bodied and rich, with ferrous-edged, powdery tannins and an almost creamy, chocolatey angle to its flow across the palate, finishing with plush, velvet-like fruit.
93 Points James Suckling - Marananga sourced, this is a wine of polish and considerable largesse. Coffee grind American oak aromas shift to licorice, blue fruit allusions and kirsch, with dried thyme, lavender and iodine at the back end. A burr of heat across the forceful finish, that is admirably, both detailed and long. A wine for the hedonist that will age well.
93 Points The Real Review - Deep, bright, concentrated plummy fruit aromas—black plums with touches of licorice and fruitcake, dried fruits included. The wine is very big and slightly alcohol-warm on the finish, with a sweet fruit core, dense and chewy in texture but the tannins are nicely polished and balanced. A concentrated, essency shiraz of quality and potential.
The Hillside Shiraz was sourced from the best west-facing hillside Marananga block, right in the heart of Barossa. Aged in French and American oak for at least 18 months, this wine is crafted to last the distance and is to be enjoyed in life's finer moments.
Bottled without fining or filtration (Vegan Friendly).
96 Points Kim Berbach
96 Points Wine Orbit
94 Points Winepilot Ken Gargett - The fruit here comes from their best vineyard at Marananga, a west-facing hillside. It spends a year and a half in a mix of French and American oak. The colour is a near opaque maroon, with a nose which reveals notes of spices, cold tea, florals and lots of chocolate. Touches of coffee grinds and black fruits provide a supporting layer. This is a typical, balanced, full of flavour Barossa red, well balanced and with ultra-fine, rather velvety tannins, which will provide pleasure for at least a decade.
93 Points Halliday Wine Companion 2025 - A Marananga shiraz aged in French and American oak for at least 18 months. Deep magenta/crimson with aromas of plush cassis, blueberry and blackberry fruits and hints of dark chocolate, ironstone, licorice, cedar, wood spice, graphite and earth. Full bodied and rich, with ferrous-edged, powdery tannins and an almost creamy, chocolatey angle to its flow across the palate, finishing with plush, velvet-like fruit.
93 Points James Suckling - Marananga sourced, this is a wine of polish and considerable largesse. Coffee grind American oak aromas shift to licorice, blue fruit allusions and kirsch, with dried thyme, lavender and iodine at the back end. A burr of heat across the forceful finish, that is admirably, both detailed and long. A wine for the hedonist that will age well.
93 Points The Real Review - Deep, bright, concentrated plummy fruit aromas—black plums with touches of licorice and fruitcake, dried fruits included. The wine is very big and slightly alcohol-warm on the finish, with a sweet fruit core, dense and chewy in texture but the tannins are nicely polished and balanced. A concentrated, essency shiraz of quality and potential.
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2021 - 97 points Wine Orbit
Gracefully rich and weighty, the wine shows black/blueberry, potpourri, cedary oak and cake spice aromas, followed by a mouthfilling palate that's superbly ripe and soothing. Multi-layered with opulent flavours and textures, leading to a superbly long sophisticated finish. Bold yet gorgeously harmonious with a seamlessly flowing mouthfeel. At its best: 2025 to 2041.
2021 95++ points Kim Brebach
Made from old vines in the Barossa Valley’s dress circle of Marananga and Greenock and is as intense as it gets - huge purple fruit and pencil shavings oak, coffee and hints of liquorice and leather, some gravel dust in the mix. What a shame they release the wine when its just a pup! A baby Grange that escaped from the cradle.
2021 - 94 points Wine Pilot
2021 - 93 points James Suckling
2021 - 93 points Halliday Wine Companion
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Dark ruby coloured, the nose reveals rich dark fruit, blood plumbs, blackberry, and blueberry with dark chocolate, mineral and licorice.
Full-bodied and elegant, the wine offers layers of deep flavours, outstanding depth, and a long, smooth finish.
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Sourced from the three Shiraz blocks at the home Marananga Vineyard - Hillside 85%, Shed block 5% and Front block 10%.
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Delicious in its youth, but for those with the patience, leave sit and enjoy in 12-15 years.
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14.5%