GLAETZER Barossa Valley Shiraz 'Bishop' - Barossa Valley 2020 Bottle

Description

Ben Glaetzer as a winemaker has always been something of a risk taker, his wines do not come quietly, usually they push the boundaries of their genre and more often than not they have a character that you rarely find anywhere else. This wine like a lot of his Shiraz flies very close to the boundaries of ripe and over ripe. It is a massive wine, dense, deep and dark. Personally this is a triumph but beware, its not for the faint of heart. Inky deep in colour with lashings of blackberries and blueberries on the nose with a graphite complexity following through through to meaty notes once aired for a time. The palate is big and glossy initially with really ripe, fine and well structured tannins linking the liqueurous blackberry style fruit with licorice notes and surprisingly fresh acids. This higher alcohol is not evident on the finish which is a mastery in itself and it lingers beautifully on the finish. If you want to know what good Aussie Shiraz should taste like, try this. Try with a medium rare grilled rib eye for a classic combo.