Vintage
2021
ABV
14%
Wine Type
Red
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
Sourced from millennium plantings on the Hardy family Vineyard, this wine is a contemporary style of Blewitt Springs Shiraz. Being more elevated and cooler than the McLaren Vale floor gives the wines from the Upper Tintara Vineyard high levels of natural acidity, great freshness, and bright lively colour.
Accolades
Matthew Jukes 18.5/20. "Having tasted several vintages of this ‘estate Shiraz’ and always admiring its generosity and charm, it would be all too easy to find oneself stuck in a flavour rut, unprepared for the unexpected. This would be foolish because with every vintage comes the chance of greatness. In 2021, Ox was given some super-peppery, iodine-spiked Shiraz, and he has done everything possible not to lose a molecule of perfume or flavour while ushering this pristine Shiraz into the bottle. Zesty, lifted, crunchy and punchy, this energetic wine shows boundless enthusiasm on the palate, making it a sheer joy to behold. It is the finest to date under this label, and while it is already drinking well, it will blossom over the next couple of years."
