GRANT BURGE FILSELL OLD VINE SHIRAZ 2021

Grant Burge Filsell has long been a top pick of Shiraz here at Vino Fino from both our point of view and that of our customers. With near century old vines, Grant Burge's Filsell vineyard is considered one of the best in the Barossa Valley and it consistently produces fruit of great intensity and concentration. It certainly has again for the 2019.

Winery notes (2021 Vintage)
"The Grant Burge Wines Filsell vineyard of near century old vines is considered one of the best vineyards in the Barossa Valley, and consistently produces fruit of incredible intensity and concentration. Planted in 1920, the Filsell vineyard also produces some of the fruit for the highly acclaimed Meshach Shiraz, making the Filsell Shiraz a sought-after younger brother to loyal followers.

A beautifully aromatic bouquet, showcasing violets with hints of rosemary and freshly baked cinnamon buns. Serious Shiraz black fruits are evident, highlighting the complexity of this wine. Iconic Barossa Shiraz. The tannins are firm but fine, with a full weight and texture carrying milk chocolate, cacao nibs and cherry ripe fruit. Full, yet beautifully balanced with intense flavours, the wine carries through for an intensely long finish.

The wine was fermented in a combination of stainless steel and open concrete fermenters using heading boards, allowing optimal fruit extraction. The wine is then fermented in a combination of French and American Oak."

Reviews for previous vintages below…

Top Rated Aussie Shiraz, Dish.co.nz, March 2022 (2019 Vintage)
"It’s impossible to overstate how powerfully delicious this beauty from the Barossa is to drink. Inky-dark in the glass, crammed with cranberries and cream on the nose alongside blackberries and pepper, and generously plumped up with gum-swelling tannins, Ric was taken by its sweet fruit attack and gripping tannins, while Cameron commented,"Warm, generous and bold, this wine is classic and well made.""

5 Stars & 95/100 Huon Hooke, The Real Review, July 2021 (2019 Vintage)
"Very deep, dark, saturated red/purple with blackish depths which stain the glass. The bouquet is broodingly deep and mysterious, smoky-char and earth-bound characters, and black fruits galore, black olive and tapenade too. The palate has great depth and texture, the tannins fleshy and coating, but balanced. It has a big future if cellared. An outstanding value shiraz, very Barossa and very shiraz. Drink: 2023 to 2039."

Mike Bennie, The Wine Front, August 2021 (2019 Vintage)
"Barossa truism. Slick, ripe fruited, ripples with ripe berries, jammy fruit characters, coconut-vanilla cream, round texture, soft tannins, toasty-jam finish. Such massive presence and yet this velvety feel too. Opulent, lush, lavish red done pretty darn well."