2019 Mystery Barossa Shiraz Deal No. 68

96 POINTS

Sam Kim - Wine Orbit

Gracefully rich and enticing, the bouquet shows blackberry, cedar, fragrant spice, olive and dark chocolate notes, leading to a mouthfilling palate offering splendid power and intensity while remaining harmonious and sophisticated. Wonderfully styled, it finishes seamless and compelling. At its best: 2025 to 2039

95 POINTS

Ken Gargett - WinePilot.com

This gorgeous Barossa Shiraz used here sees small open fermenters followed by gentle basket pressing and then maturation in quality French oak for two years. The team’s usual procedure is destemming the grapes, a week on skins and hand-plunging twice daily. Although the wine is named ’50-Year-Old’, some of the vines exceed that by a considerable distance. Deep red in colour, there is a mix of red and darker fruits on the nose, especially blackberries, with graphite, chocolate, warm bitumen, leather, cloves and bay leaves. Some good complexity, even at this early stage. The texture is supple and seamless with the wine finishing with delightfully soft tannins. Some very chocolatey notes to conclude. Deceptively long, the finish would simply not go away (that is a good thing, a very good thing). Loved this. A stunning Barossa Shiraz with ten to fifteen years ahead of it, over which time, expect the score to rise even further.

Andrew Caillard MW

Deep crimson. Fresh dark cherry, blackberry, dark plum liquorice aromas with mocha/ marzipan notes. Beautifully concentrated blackberry dark plum, liquorice flavours, fine loose knit chocolatey textures, very good mid-palate density and integrated vanilla/ mocha/ marzipan notes. Finishes chocolaty and bittersweet. Delicious wine with lovely fruit complexity, tannin structure and vinosity. Cork seal. Drink now – 2034