Vintage
2021
ABV
13.9%
AUD$ FOB / 9L Case
$100.00 – $149.99
Wine Type
Red
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
Cabernet Shiraz... quite possibly Australia's most iconic red blend. A true example of where 1+1=3.
The elegance of the Cabernet offers inky black berry fruit and cassis whilst the structured Shiraz contributes rich plum and strawberry red fruits. It's textured, multidimensional, rich, complex and oh so balanced.
2020 was an ultra low-yielding vintage for the Barossa, but the quality was second-to-none, particularly for Cabernet & Shiraz. Red wines from 2020 have been dubbed high quality, limited supply. These wines will be in demand for many years to come...
Crack open a bottle and serve it up with some super slow roasted lamb, some sticky barbecued ribs, or a humble piece of aged Gouda
Accolades
2020 Vintage:
92pts - "Ermine purple with bright rim. Choc/mocha, pink salt, blood plum, cabbage rose heart, big day old raspberries, cassis to blackberry and even some fresh bay leaf aromatics. Feels Cabernet dominant (even with the even split) with tight, fine, velvety tannins and a herbaceous (but not green) echo. Plenty of ripe dark fruit flesh to satisfy those seeking opulence rather than anemia. Maybe could even do a couple of years in the cellar." - Regan Drew, Vino Notebook
90pts – “Dark ruby with a touch of fade into the rim. Cassis, bay leaf and iodine aromatics. Dark and weighty black fruits that fills the mouth with a rich velvet tannin profile that keeps it gliding long into the finish. There's a deft touch here.” – Stuart Knox, The Real Review
2018 Vintage:
93/100 "Very deep red/purple colour, with a rose-petal overtone to the crushed blackberry and mulberry fruit aromas. Very attractive. Cabernet shows through, here. Concentrated and plush but light on its feet: a delicious red wine, already drinking nicely." - Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Winemaker
Daniel Chaffey Hartwig + Theo Engela + Huon Fechner
Winemaker's Bio
Born in the Barossa's Eden Valley of German heritage, Daniel Chaffey Hartwig felt a natural pull to winemaking. As a child, the Barossa’s back blocks were his adventure playground. School holidays were spent picking grapes before working the tasting bench at Penfolds, folllowed by a career as a wine broker and creative consultant. Chaffey Bros represents the fruition of a long dream to ply his family's trade in his beloved Barossa.
Brother in-law, Theo Engela, fled a career as a government economist to join Chaffey Bros to work on "the business-side-of-things" but falling into the winemaking vats, so to speak, before too long. Theo loves the opportunity wine gives to pull multiple passions into one creative endeavour.