Grant Burge

Meshach Shiraz 2016

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  Vintage 2016
  95 points Halliday Wine Companion

60+ yo vines with around 18 months in a combination of new and older French and American oak. A wine with undoubted richness and power, but there's a controlled, almost taut feel about it as well. There's plenty of ripe fruit and oak, but there's also a minerally quality running through it with firm, but not overwhelming, tannin keeping a tight rein.

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  Vintage 2016
  98 points MW

Deep crimson. Beautiful classic Barossa Shiraz with intense dark plum, praline, paneforte aromas and roasted chestnut, wax polish, chinotto notes. Richly concentrated and vigorous with abundant dark plum, blackberry, mulberry fruits, fine plentiful chocolaty/ grainy textures and mocha, espresso oak complexity. Finishes chocolatey firm with persistent tannins and integrated mineral acidity. Superb barrel work. 14.5% alc Drink 2023 – 2045.