2022 Curator Marananga Vineyard Shiraz
Belonging to the original Curator range, this wine was created to be reflect the differences in our Barossa vineyard locations and their unique micro climates. Handpicked from the best of our five Shiraz plots on our home vineyard, small amount of whole bunches (10%) are utilised to increased complexity, depth of flavour and aromatics. Fermented long and slow, then pressed into only French oak 20% new where it completes Malolactic ferment naturally and then remains in the same barrels for a further 18 months before bottling.
This shiraz is known for its sumptuous offering; the wonderfully lifted bouquet of blackberry, blueberry compote, vanilla and cedar characters with a lovely spicy undertone. It’s intensely fruited with rich texture showing off what this region can achieve. It craves some air to open up which is an increasing trait in our house style as we constantly refine and improve what we strive to achieve.
Bottled unfined and unfiltered and is Vegan friendly.
96 points James Suckling - The more elegant counterpart to its Seppeltsfield sibling, with scents of lilacs, dried lavender, kelp and blue fruit. This is a gorgeous expression, showcasing how Barossa and elegance are not mutually exclusive. Despite the full body, the exquisitely rendered tannins show authority and tension, giving one the impression of floral grace. A long, sumptuous finish. Not a thing out of place. Gorgeous wine.
95 points Halliday Wine Companion - Bright crimson in the glass and smelling like it could come from nowhere else but the Barossa Valley ... the western Barossa sub-region of Marananga to be exact. Bright satsuma plum, blueberry and boysenberry fruits dusted with underlying hints of crushed ironstone, violets, pan juices, baking spices, chocolate, liminal amaro suggestions (10% whole bunch), tapenade and earth. Jeez, it's lovely, with its pure fruit display, ferrous-edged, melt-in-the-mouth tannins and spicy plum and blueberry fan on the exit. Great drinking.
95 points Winepilot Ken Gargett - The colour is a black maroon, while the nose reveals appealing aromas through notes of blueberries, leather, a touch of charry oak, warm earth, chocolate and blackberries. The palate sees a sweet core of those gorgeous blueberries with coffee beans also in attendance. Excellent length, a fine structure and sleek tannins all combine to add to the appeal. This is a delicious drink and an elegant one, though elegance in the Barossa is a relative thing. It should remain so, and develop even more, over the next ten to fifteen years.
94 points The Wine Front - This is very good. Juicy, substantial and intricately well structured. Boysenberry into redcurrant and sweet plum; peppercorns into dark chocolate, pan juices and orange. It’s both a succulent wine and an exotic one. The finesse of the tannin is the clincher. Campbell Mattinson
Belonging to the original Curator range, this wine was created to be reflect the differences in our Barossa vineyard locations and their unique micro climates. Handpicked from the best of our five Shiraz plots on our home vineyard, small amount of whole bunches (10%) are utilised to increased complexity, depth of flavour and aromatics. Fermented long and slow, then pressed into only French oak 20% new where it completes Malolactic ferment naturally and then remains in the same barrels for a further 18 months before bottling.
This shiraz is known for its sumptuous offering; the wonderfully lifted bouquet of blackberry, blueberry compote, vanilla and cedar characters with a lovely spicy undertone. It’s intensely fruited with rich texture showing off what this region can achieve. It craves some air to open up which is an increasing trait in our house style as we constantly refine and improve what we strive to achieve.
Bottled unfined and unfiltered and is Vegan friendly.
96 points James Suckling - The more elegant counterpart to its Seppeltsfield sibling, with scents of lilacs, dried lavender, kelp and blue fruit. This is a gorgeous expression, showcasing how Barossa and elegance are not mutually exclusive. Despite the full body, the exquisitely rendered tannins show authority and tension, giving one the impression of floral grace. A long, sumptuous finish. Not a thing out of place. Gorgeous wine.
95 points Halliday Wine Companion - Bright crimson in the glass and smelling like it could come from nowhere else but the Barossa Valley ... the western Barossa sub-region of Marananga to be exact. Bright satsuma plum, blueberry and boysenberry fruits dusted with underlying hints of crushed ironstone, violets, pan juices, baking spices, chocolate, liminal amaro suggestions (10% whole bunch), tapenade and earth. Jeez, it's lovely, with its pure fruit display, ferrous-edged, melt-in-the-mouth tannins and spicy plum and blueberry fan on the exit. Great drinking.
95 points Winepilot Ken Gargett - The colour is a black maroon, while the nose reveals appealing aromas through notes of blueberries, leather, a touch of charry oak, warm earth, chocolate and blackberries. The palate sees a sweet core of those gorgeous blueberries with coffee beans also in attendance. Excellent length, a fine structure and sleek tannins all combine to add to the appeal. This is a delicious drink and an elegant one, though elegance in the Barossa is a relative thing. It should remain so, and develop even more, over the next ten to fifteen years.
94 points The Wine Front - This is very good. Juicy, substantial and intricately well structured. Boysenberry into redcurrant and sweet plum; peppercorns into dark chocolate, pan juices and orange. It’s both a succulent wine and an exotic one. The finesse of the tannin is the clincher. Campbell Mattinson
Belonging to the original Curator range, this wine was created to be reflect the differences in our Barossa vineyard locations and their unique micro climates. Handpicked from the best of our five Shiraz plots on our home vineyard, small amount of whole bunches (10%) are utilised to increased complexity, depth of flavour and aromatics. Fermented long and slow, then pressed into only French oak 20% new where it completes Malolactic ferment naturally and then remains in the same barrels for a further 18 months before bottling.
This shiraz is known for its sumptuous offering; the wonderfully lifted bouquet of blackberry, blueberry compote, vanilla and cedar characters with a lovely spicy undertone. It’s intensely fruited with rich texture showing off what this region can achieve. It craves some air to open up which is an increasing trait in our house style as we constantly refine and improve what we strive to achieve.
Bottled unfined and unfiltered and is Vegan friendly.
96 points James Suckling - The more elegant counterpart to its Seppeltsfield sibling, with scents of lilacs, dried lavender, kelp and blue fruit. This is a gorgeous expression, showcasing how Barossa and elegance are not mutually exclusive. Despite the full body, the exquisitely rendered tannins show authority and tension, giving one the impression of floral grace. A long, sumptuous finish. Not a thing out of place. Gorgeous wine.
95 points Halliday Wine Companion - Bright crimson in the glass and smelling like it could come from nowhere else but the Barossa Valley ... the western Barossa sub-region of Marananga to be exact. Bright satsuma plum, blueberry and boysenberry fruits dusted with underlying hints of crushed ironstone, violets, pan juices, baking spices, chocolate, liminal amaro suggestions (10% whole bunch), tapenade and earth. Jeez, it's lovely, with its pure fruit display, ferrous-edged, melt-in-the-mouth tannins and spicy plum and blueberry fan on the exit. Great drinking.
95 points Winepilot Ken Gargett - The colour is a black maroon, while the nose reveals appealing aromas through notes of blueberries, leather, a touch of charry oak, warm earth, chocolate and blackberries. The palate sees a sweet core of those gorgeous blueberries with coffee beans also in attendance. Excellent length, a fine structure and sleek tannins all combine to add to the appeal. This is a delicious drink and an elegant one, though elegance in the Barossa is a relative thing. It should remain so, and develop even more, over the next ten to fifteen years.
94 points The Wine Front - This is very good. Juicy, substantial and intricately well structured. Boysenberry into redcurrant and sweet plum; peppercorns into dark chocolate, pan juices and orange. It’s both a succulent wine and an exotic one. The finesse of the tannin is the clincher. Campbell Mattinson
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Hand-picked, 10% whole bunches the rest whole berries, open fermented for 12 days and basket pressed into only French oak 20% new with the remaining percentage aged in second fill oak for 18 months. The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered.
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From our own Marananga vineyard, made up of our R6, Shed, 1654 and Hillside blocks.
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At its best: 2024 to 2040.
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14.5%
