Secret Wine - #HBVUS24 | Barossa Valley Shiraz 2024

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Top secret, top shelf wines at bargain prices. Winery is redacted, label is redacted, but find vital intel below.

Style / Variety: Shiraz
Region: Barossa Valley, SA
ABV: 13.5%

Singe (1x 750ml)
$30 / bottle (RRP $90 / 66% off)

Case of 12 (12x 750ml)
$20 / bottle (RRP $1,080 / 77% off)

P.s. bottles will arrive completely un-redacted ;)

Bottle Briefings

Score: 96pts
Intel: "From aged dry-grown vines, ungrafted of course, fermentation is with whole berries in open vats, before maturation in old French oak barriques, on lees, for fifteen months. Purple/mauve in colour, on the nose we have notes of bay leaves, cassis, chocolate, plums, vanilla, spices and mulberries. A wonderfully supple texture, there also hints of bacon fat emerging on the palate. The wine has serious length with bright acidity, impressive balance, good focus and satiny tannins on the finish. To be enjoyed over the next twelve to fifteen years."
Asset: Ken Gargett (Wine Pilot)

Score: 96pts
Intel: "Opulent and sensually appealing, the pristine fruit richness is enhanced by seductive complexity, showing dark and purple-fruit intensity, toasted spice, vanilla, and cedary oak characters on the nose. It's fleshy and flavoursome, yet structured and robust, with velvety tannins, finishing impressively long and satisfying. At its best: now to 2039."
Asset: Sam Kim (Wine Orbit)

Score: 95pts
Intel: "The fruit here is both sweet and earthen; the oak is coffeed, toasty and beautifully integrated; the finish is run with black licorice. Peppercorn and violet notes fly here and there; everything about this wine is top notch. Feel, flavour and finish are all elite, as is structure, and there’s a bit of difference in play, courtesy of graphite and smoked floral characters. Drink to 2035+"
Asset: Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)