NOSE - A complex and elegant nose with dark fruits, rich dark chocolate and cinnamon spice lifting from the glass.

PALATE - A wine showing vibrancy, elegance and concentration. Satsuma plum with layers of rich dark chocolate, cinnamon, cedar oak with hints of black pepper and nutmeg. A brilliantly defined acid backbone, with a harmonious, balanced and long finish. An elegant and bold Barossa Shiraz that will age gracefully for at least twenty years.

Peak drinking - 2041+

FOOD MATCH - Dry-aged Wagyu rib-eye

97 Points- James Halliday in the James Halliday Wine Companion 2023 - "Elegant and perfumed wine, reflecting the cool vintage to best effect. Black cherry and berry, long and supple in the mouth, with some cedary oak and finely wrought tannins. Always a classy wine, the first vintage put St Hallett on the road to where it is today."

97 Points - Andrew Caillard - Summary Scores Accolade Tasting 2021 - "Medium deep crimson. Attractive espresso dark cherry blackberry aromas with praline/ mocha/ roasted chestnut notes. Smooth, supple and refined with dark cherry, blackberry, dried plum, red currant fruits, persistent fine graphite-like tannins, inky richness and underlying roasted coffee, mocha, chestnut, hint tobacco leaf notes. Finishes chocolaty/ chewy firm with plenty of mineral length. Multi-layered but medium powered wine with lovely fruit complexity and integration. A classic Barossa Shiraz showing the enduring hallmarks of extended oak maturation. Will keep for years. 14.7% alc Drink now – 2038+"

95 Points - Huon Hooke - The Real Review 2021 - "Dark and deep in the glass. Aromas of satsuma plum, black cherry, dark chocolate, coffee, cedar and spice. Full-bodied, rich, dark and mouth-filling. Mulberry, boysenberry, mocha, aromatic sweet spice and layered oak. Textured and mouth-coating tannins, bright acidity, plenty of grip and cut."

 95 Points - Ray Jordan - The West Australian 2022 - "One of the first Barossa producers to highlight using old vines. In fact, the average age of the wines in this vintage is 97 years — so yes, some of the vines are seriously old. Smooth and keenly balanced with soft supple fruit supported by fine firmish tannins and oak. Dark chocolate fruit flavours with ripe plum and pepper. It’s a solid and expressive wine that is built for extended cellaring to take advantage of those old vines. (Best drinking: Now to 2042)"