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Made From: The highest possible quality Barossa Shiraz
Aromas and Flavours: Cassis, satsuma, chocolate, coffee, liquorice, black pepperv
Drink if you like: Grange, Saltram No. 1
Pair With: Rare fillet steak seasoned with salt, pepper and thyme infused brown butter
Fun Fact: 83% Barossa Shiraz and 17% Eden Valley Shiraz - average vine age - 91 years
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Old Block is one of the Barossa resurgence Original Gangsters! The first vintage was made by Robert O' Callaghan who released his inaugural Basket Press Shiraz just a few years later - this was a wine that swam against the tide. From old vines, when old vines were uncommercial and in danger of being uprooted. Incredibly high quality and relatively expensive at a time when high-end wine consumption in Aus was not yet commonplace. Big but elegant - powerful yet refined. Cassis, satsuma, coffee, chocolate, black pepper, black cherry, liquorice, spice, cedar and fine tannins. A Barossa benchmark!
St Hallett has been around since 1944, originally producing fortified wines before launching the behemoth Old Block Shiraz in 1980, crafted through the red-stained fingers and old-vine soul of then-winemaker Robert O'Callaghan. O'Callaghan departed in 1982 and would release his first Rockford Basket Press Shiraz just a few years later.
Old vines, A-grade fruit and A-grade oak—employed as a servant to the fruit—combine to produce an age-worthy wine that is both classic and a regional benchmark. The Old Block is rightly considered an Australian icon.
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