Neldner Road (Formerly Powell and Son) Kraehe Marananga Shiraz
Barossa Valley
Price Range at Release: $500+
Vintage: 2021
Alc %: 14.5
$ Rel: 750
An opulent, heady, smoky and mineral bouquet of cassis, blackberries, redcurrants and blueberries is lifted by notes of cracked pepper, roasted chestnuts and dark flowers, all supported by the most remarkable of charry, tight-knit oak. There are also suggestions of eastern spices and old Puer tea. It's impossibly intense and generous, but simultaneously fine and restrained, delivering an elegant, effortless presence of handsomely oaked vivacious dark fruits backed by notes of smoke, minerals and briar, all wound around a fine-grained spine of artfully integrated drying tannins. Ready to enjoy any time over the next 40 years, it's nothing short of a masterpiece.
Last Date Tasted: 24/05/2024
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2021
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100 | 20.0 | 2041-2051+  | Buy it |
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2017
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97 | 19.2 | 2037-2047+ |
Winery
Neldner Road (Formerly Powell and Son)
Dave Powell, founder of Torbreck, has re-entered Australian wine, this time with his son, Callum at his side. Since 2014 the company has focused on high-quality sites across both the Eden Valley and Barossa Valley, retaining Dave Powell's dual focuses on Rhône Valley varieties as well as his well known intent to chase elegance, savoury finesse and structure. The new Powell & Son wines combine extraordinary depth of layered fruit, handsome oak and fine textures with the minerality and thoughtful composition associated with the finest wines of Dave Powell's previous existence. But Torbreck these wines are not – there's a distinctly different style here to what Torbreck became. I'm truly excited to get to know these compelling wines.
Chief Executive(s):
Michael Sawyer
Winemaker:
Dave Powell
Address:
Lyndoch , South Australia Australia
Principal Wine Region:
Barossa
Telephone:
(08) 8524 4465
Website:
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