2023 Selection Shiraz - NEW VINTAGE RELEASE
The Lone Palm Vineyard Selection is the pinnacle wine of the collection - our icon Shiraz.
A selection of the best barrels from all the vineyards we harvest fruit from on the Western Ridge of the Barossa Valley. Hand picked Shiraz from vineyards in Marananga, Greenock, Stone Well & Seppeltsfield all separately traditionally fermented in open fermenters. Some have up to 10-15% whole bunches and the rest whole berries, fermented for 10-12 days then basket pressed to French and USA oak hogsheads. Natural MLF in barrel, where it remains for 20 months before the best barrels are selected and blended together in tank. The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered so is Vegan friendly.
Made only in exceptional vintages, selected from a handful of the best barrels.
Three bottle limit per purchase.
97+ points Kim Brebach
95 points Mike Bennie WBM Sept 2024
95 points Halliday Wine Companion - Marananga-sourced shiraz, a barrel selection from the top parcels, aged in French oak for 18 months. Deep magenta/crimson with super-ripe satsuma plum, blueberry and boysenberry fruits cut with hints of baking spice, Christmas cake, tobacco pouch, cedar, dark chocolate, licorice and earth. A little more oak flows in on the palate, but the fruit is up for it, with toothsome tannins and plenty of fruit weight and richness.
93 Points James Suckling - This is a good full-bodied shiraz, savory with a nicely wrought latticework of tannins, grapes and oak. Baking spices, boysenberries, iodine and a note of spruce, suggestive of the cooler vintage. There is nothing sweet or over the top about this. It sits pretty in the mouth, with strident length across the palate.
93 Points The Real Review
The Lone Palm Vineyard Selection is the pinnacle wine of the collection - our icon Shiraz.
A selection of the best barrels from all the vineyards we harvest fruit from on the Western Ridge of the Barossa Valley. Hand picked Shiraz from vineyards in Marananga, Greenock, Stone Well & Seppeltsfield all separately traditionally fermented in open fermenters. Some have up to 10-15% whole bunches and the rest whole berries, fermented for 10-12 days then basket pressed to French and USA oak hogsheads. Natural MLF in barrel, where it remains for 20 months before the best barrels are selected and blended together in tank. The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered so is Vegan friendly.
Made only in exceptional vintages, selected from a handful of the best barrels.
Three bottle limit per purchase.
97+ points Kim Brebach
95 points Mike Bennie WBM Sept 2024
95 points Halliday Wine Companion - Marananga-sourced shiraz, a barrel selection from the top parcels, aged in French oak for 18 months. Deep magenta/crimson with super-ripe satsuma plum, blueberry and boysenberry fruits cut with hints of baking spice, Christmas cake, tobacco pouch, cedar, dark chocolate, licorice and earth. A little more oak flows in on the palate, but the fruit is up for it, with toothsome tannins and plenty of fruit weight and richness.
93 Points James Suckling - This is a good full-bodied shiraz, savory with a nicely wrought latticework of tannins, grapes and oak. Baking spices, boysenberries, iodine and a note of spruce, suggestive of the cooler vintage. There is nothing sweet or over the top about this. It sits pretty in the mouth, with strident length across the palate.
93 Points The Real Review
The Lone Palm Vineyard Selection is the pinnacle wine of the collection - our icon Shiraz.
A selection of the best barrels from all the vineyards we harvest fruit from on the Western Ridge of the Barossa Valley. Hand picked Shiraz from vineyards in Marananga, Greenock, Stone Well & Seppeltsfield all separately traditionally fermented in open fermenters. Some have up to 10-15% whole bunches and the rest whole berries, fermented for 10-12 days then basket pressed to French and USA oak hogsheads. Natural MLF in barrel, where it remains for 20 months before the best barrels are selected and blended together in tank. The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered so is Vegan friendly.
Made only in exceptional vintages, selected from a handful of the best barrels.
Three bottle limit per purchase.
97+ points Kim Brebach
95 points Mike Bennie WBM Sept 2024
95 points Halliday Wine Companion - Marananga-sourced shiraz, a barrel selection from the top parcels, aged in French oak for 18 months. Deep magenta/crimson with super-ripe satsuma plum, blueberry and boysenberry fruits cut with hints of baking spice, Christmas cake, tobacco pouch, cedar, dark chocolate, licorice and earth. A little more oak flows in on the palate, but the fruit is up for it, with toothsome tannins and plenty of fruit weight and richness.
93 Points James Suckling - This is a good full-bodied shiraz, savory with a nicely wrought latticework of tannins, grapes and oak. Baking spices, boysenberries, iodine and a note of spruce, suggestive of the cooler vintage. There is nothing sweet or over the top about this. It sits pretty in the mouth, with strident length across the palate.
93 Points The Real Review
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A hedonistic wine in every sense. Deep dark purple; potent and powerful with small dark fruits and splashes of licorice on the bouquet that lead into beautifully balanced fine French oak aromas. A totally seductive palate with dark black and blueberry fruit flavours, hints of dark chocolate with spice and juiciness. Perfectly soft mouthcoating and powdery tannins in balance for the long lingering finish.
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Hand harvested from the best old Shiraz vines that are found on the Western Ridge of the Barossa Valley.
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10-15 years
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14.5%