| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | Australia > South Australia > Eden Valley |
| Colour | Red |
| Type | Still |
The 2022 Mount Edelstone Vineyard Shiraz is bright, supple, spicy, savory and sweet. It is complex and shapely, persistent and delicate, with notes of bay leaf, raspberry seed, tapenade, wet moss and brine. This is a beautiful wine, and one of the most lovely Mount Edelstone Vineyard Shirazes I have tasted on release. I love the wines from the 2022 vintage; it may forever live in the shadow of the great 2021 vintage that came before it, but not in my heart. It has a pH of 3.43, 5.8 grams per liter of total acidity and 14.5% alcohol. Drink: 2026-2062
This vineyard was planted in 1912 by Ronald Angas, and unusually for the time it was 100% Shiraz. This wine was first made in 1952. Ungrafted vines planted on friable, gravelly red brown earth soils. This is the 70th vintage, because 2011 wasn’t made. Warm, rounded nose with fine spices, dried herbs and white pepper alongside the refined red cherry and blackberry fruit, showing focus, intensity and also balance. The palate is vivid and youthful, with good acidity under the vibrant cherry, strawberry and blackberry fruit. This is taut and compressed, with chiselled fruit that just wants to expand into richness and density, but is biding its time. I love the restraint and balance here, with the use of old oak just allowing the beautiful fruit to take centre stage. This is very fine, with layers of fruit, spice and complex herbal notes. This has massive potential for ageing.
Transparent garnet – not nearly as dense as stereotypical Barossa Shiraz. Heady, ‘composed’, settled, integrated aromas soar out of the glass. Sweet palate entry with a note of dried grasses. There’s a little leather, too. This seems like a wine you could enjoy already. It leaves a wonderfully soothing trace in the throat, and lasts for several minutes! There is real freshness and delicacy here. Drink: 2026-2040
