Chateau Tanunda Heritage Release Old Vine Shiraz 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson

Chateau Tanunda Heritage Release Old Vine Shiraz 2023
$35, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa Valley.

There are exceptions of course but the age of the vineyard tends to matter in wine. This Barossa shiraz was grown on vines with a minimum of 35 years under their belt. It has very good depth of fruit, sweet-flavoured and bold, with boysenberry, plum, violet and red licorice as the main drivers of flavour. It feels youthful and warm but it also feels ready to drink, the latter courtesy of the fact that everything here feels balanced. 90 points.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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