Description
// 98% Shiraz and 2% Viognier
"Dark aubergine core with a deep purple rim. Enthralling aromatics are immediate offering distinguishable finesse and power yet with precision and focus. The lifted satsuma plum, black currant and dark cherry along with espresso and cocoa, Turkish delight, star anise, earl grey tea and black olive which combine with gorgeous plumes of subtle vanilla pod, sandalwood and mild cardamom aromas. The palate is dense, firm and powerful yet holds incredibly balanced fruit intermingled with voluminous structure. One of the better RunRig’s from such a balanced and even growing season. A wine for the cellar - best after 2025-2060" - Winemaker Notes
"This is the wine that people seem to lose their minds over, and just between you and me, I do understand that. It's one of a handful of super sensational Shiraz Viognier from this great country, and the ability of this cuvée to speak so eloquently of both the Barossa and its harmonious varietals is impressive to say the least. So is, while we're discussing it, the density and volume of the wine. On the nose, the 2021 RunRig is savory and meaty, with charry oak at the fore, backed by black cherry, graphite, dried rose petals, red and purple fruit, flowers and black tea. There is both detail and density. On the palate, the wine is both silky and huge. It's momentous, long and complex. It's like the volume has been turned up in every possible way, and what I know of sound mixing is on show here; it's a loud mix, but all the elements are perfectly in balance. And ultimately, that's what's up. Like Nick Cave, it's got it all, and it does it with conviction and intellect. It's a great wine, from a great season. Bigger than perhaps ever before." - 98+ Points, Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate
