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It's not every day we can put a pack together that saves you close to $1,000. Here's one such pack: $1,200 worth of the good stuff, with 95 point, old vine Langhorne Shiraz, the Legendary Bin 61 Shiraz from Leasingham, Dowie Doole's barrel select, $90-a-bottle flagship and Yaldara's $250 a bottle behemoth. Your wallet might feel like it's had a close shave, but really, it's just saved plenty.
Made From: A-grade Barossa Shiraz and exceptional oak
Aromas and Flavours: Blue and black fruits, chocolate and tobacco leaf
Drink if you like: Saltram No 1
Have With: A rare to med rare scotch fillet, and duck fat rosemary spuds
Awards: TBA every previous vintage has scored 96 or above and we think this is the best release yet
Just the fourth release of Yaldara Grand, and arguably the best so far, with its incredible concentration of fruit and use of exceptional oak. A big wine and a complex expression of the Barossa. Milk and dark chocolate, aniseed, blue fruits, tobacco leaf, plus plenty of cedary oak and tannin. Incredible.
Only tiny quantities are made of the Dowie Doole Architect wines, which are the product of the finest of Dowie Doole's A-grade fruit from each vintage ('21 being an incredible vintage has elevated this even further). The '21 is exceptional, and represents a barrel selection chosen from only A-grade parcels from the old, dry-grown Blewitt Springs vineyard. There's brightness with density of blue and black fruits, cedary oak, gravelly tannins and exceptional length.
An exceptional, brightly, and intensely fruited medium-bodied Shiraz sourced from 50-year-old Langhorne Creek vines. Bold red and black fruits are bolstered by good acidity. The wine is finished with vanilla, spindles of oak, and fine tannins.
93pts Kim Brebach, 92pts Wine Pilot, 92pts Ken Gargett, 92pts Sam Kim
Leasingham wines have been around since the 1890s and have been steered by a series of legendary winemakers over the years. It wasn’t until the early 70s that the Bin series kicked off, with a Bin 61 Shiraz and a Bin 56 Cab Malbec. These were both highly prized for their exceptional quality and regular ability to out-perform wines selling at 2-3 times their asking price. A few of us from WD were lucky enough to attend a vertical tasting with Tim Knappstein (one of the aforementioned and legendary Leasingham alumni) a decade or so ago and came away incredibly impressed with the quality and consistency of the wines. We looked at over 20 vintages, and everything we tasted was still showing fruit, the best of them were exceptional. So it’s a little sad that the '21 may be the last vintage of the Bin 61 Shiraz. Lots of good stuff here, black tea, chocolate, coffee grounds, mint, plum, charcuterie, and blackberries. The overall impression is of mid-weight fruit, an even balance between softness, fine tannin and good length. Cracking value for money. Drink now through 2030.
