2022 Neldner Vineyard Shiraz
Warning, this wine needs air to really show its true form!
The 2022 version is quite closed to begin with but with some time in the glass or preferably a decanter (or a long rest in the cellar) it is sublime. Same same but different to its predecessors.
Handpicked grapes from an 80-year-old contoured Shiraz vineyard in Seppeltsfield, Barossa Valley. Picked in the cool of the morning, 18% whole bunch with the rest whole berries destemmed into open fermenters, cold soaked before natural fermentation slowly occurring as it warmed. A long cool ferment spread over 9-10 days retaining all the lovely structure and flavour before being basket pressed into 30% new American Puncheons (500lts) with the rest seasoned USA and French where it underwent natural Malolactic fermentation.
The wine remained in this same oak for 18 months before bottling with out fining or filtration to preserve the true character of the site.
96 points - Wine Orbit Sam Kim MW
94 points - The Wine Front
There’s substance here, as you’d expect, but there’s also softness, and structure, and a well sustained finish. The flavour profile is fairly straightforward, with red licorice, plum, clove and kirsch characters given a gently rusty inflection by ferrous top notes, and a touch of salt too. This is a cushiony wine, built with firm bones. It will woo.
94 points - James Suckling
A contemporary rendition of the full-bodied and dense Barossan archetype, distinguished by apt tannin management and an admirable sense of composure. The oak tannins melt into the dried kelp, licorice, clove, pepper and dark fruit notes. An impeccably polished wine, demonstrating the diversity of the bottlings from this region. Drinkable now, but best from 2028.
94 points - Halliday Wine Companion:
Sourced from the '50s-planted Neldner Family Vineyard in Seppeltsfield, 18% whole bunch, pressed to 20% new French oak, the balance in seasoned French and American oak for 18 months. A rich, traditionally proportioned Barossa shiraz with ripe plum and berry fruits, baking spice, fruitcake, tobacco leaf, cedar, fruit-and-nut chocolate, violets and earth. Velvety and long of finish with fine, dusty tannins and wood-spice-dusted berry fruits.
Warning, this wine needs air to really show its true form!
The 2022 version is quite closed to begin with but with some time in the glass or preferably a decanter (or a long rest in the cellar) it is sublime. Same same but different to its predecessors.
Handpicked grapes from an 80-year-old contoured Shiraz vineyard in Seppeltsfield, Barossa Valley. Picked in the cool of the morning, 18% whole bunch with the rest whole berries destemmed into open fermenters, cold soaked before natural fermentation slowly occurring as it warmed. A long cool ferment spread over 9-10 days retaining all the lovely structure and flavour before being basket pressed into 30% new American Puncheons (500lts) with the rest seasoned USA and French where it underwent natural Malolactic fermentation.
The wine remained in this same oak for 18 months before bottling with out fining or filtration to preserve the true character of the site.
96 points - Wine Orbit Sam Kim MW
94 points - The Wine Front
There’s substance here, as you’d expect, but there’s also softness, and structure, and a well sustained finish. The flavour profile is fairly straightforward, with red licorice, plum, clove and kirsch characters given a gently rusty inflection by ferrous top notes, and a touch of salt too. This is a cushiony wine, built with firm bones. It will woo.
94 points - James Suckling
A contemporary rendition of the full-bodied and dense Barossan archetype, distinguished by apt tannin management and an admirable sense of composure. The oak tannins melt into the dried kelp, licorice, clove, pepper and dark fruit notes. An impeccably polished wine, demonstrating the diversity of the bottlings from this region. Drinkable now, but best from 2028.
94 points - Halliday Wine Companion:
Sourced from the '50s-planted Neldner Family Vineyard in Seppeltsfield, 18% whole bunch, pressed to 20% new French oak, the balance in seasoned French and American oak for 18 months. A rich, traditionally proportioned Barossa shiraz with ripe plum and berry fruits, baking spice, fruitcake, tobacco leaf, cedar, fruit-and-nut chocolate, violets and earth. Velvety and long of finish with fine, dusty tannins and wood-spice-dusted berry fruits.
Warning, this wine needs air to really show its true form!
The 2022 version is quite closed to begin with but with some time in the glass or preferably a decanter (or a long rest in the cellar) it is sublime. Same same but different to its predecessors.
Handpicked grapes from an 80-year-old contoured Shiraz vineyard in Seppeltsfield, Barossa Valley. Picked in the cool of the morning, 18% whole bunch with the rest whole berries destemmed into open fermenters, cold soaked before natural fermentation slowly occurring as it warmed. A long cool ferment spread over 9-10 days retaining all the lovely structure and flavour before being basket pressed into 30% new American Puncheons (500lts) with the rest seasoned USA and French where it underwent natural Malolactic fermentation.
The wine remained in this same oak for 18 months before bottling with out fining or filtration to preserve the true character of the site.
96 points - Wine Orbit Sam Kim MW
94 points - The Wine Front
There’s substance here, as you’d expect, but there’s also softness, and structure, and a well sustained finish. The flavour profile is fairly straightforward, with red licorice, plum, clove and kirsch characters given a gently rusty inflection by ferrous top notes, and a touch of salt too. This is a cushiony wine, built with firm bones. It will woo.
94 points - James Suckling
A contemporary rendition of the full-bodied and dense Barossan archetype, distinguished by apt tannin management and an admirable sense of composure. The oak tannins melt into the dried kelp, licorice, clove, pepper and dark fruit notes. An impeccably polished wine, demonstrating the diversity of the bottlings from this region. Drinkable now, but best from 2028.
94 points - Halliday Wine Companion:
Sourced from the '50s-planted Neldner Family Vineyard in Seppeltsfield, 18% whole bunch, pressed to 20% new French oak, the balance in seasoned French and American oak for 18 months. A rich, traditionally proportioned Barossa shiraz with ripe plum and berry fruits, baking spice, fruitcake, tobacco leaf, cedar, fruit-and-nut chocolate, violets and earth. Velvety and long of finish with fine, dusty tannins and wood-spice-dusted berry fruits.