ST HUGO BAROSSA SHIRAZ 2020

Winery notes (2020 Vintage)
"A superb example of classic Barossa Shiraz. Bold, full-flavoured and complex, it offers great depth and silky tannins. Magnificent drinking now but will reward medium-term cellaring."

Reviews for previous vintagse below…

95/100 Tyson Stelzer, James Halliday's Wine Companion (2018 Vintage)
"Matured 18 months in (55% new) 90/10% French/American oak barrels. An impressive vintage for St Hugo, leading out with a full, vibrant purple hue. A deep, compact yet bright core of crunchy blackberries, black cherries and satsuma plum hails a great vintage in the Barossa. High-cocoa dark chocolate French oak has been strategically and expertly deployed for long-term endurance. Impressive promise."

95/100 Ray Jordan, The West Australian (2018 Vintage)
"Comes from a number of growers throughout the region. There is a real brightness and life in here. It's a more elegant and stylish expression of shiraz than some in the Barossa with a slight ferruginous and linear structure. The south gives generosity and the north gives tannins and blackness. This was a very good year for the Barossa. It's 50% new French and it gets 18 months overall. There's a nice chalky tannin character threading through the mix of predominantly dark fruit with a lift of red fruit character. It has structure and power, and this is a wine that would age beautifully at between 8 to 12 years of age."

Rated Excellent & 94/100 Cameron Douglas MS, June 2022 (2017 Vintage)
"An expressive and enticing bouquet of dark berries and baked raspberry flesh, wood smoke and wood spices, some peppery qualities with a textured laden complexity. Lovely weight and texture as the wine touches the palate, flavours reflect the bouquet with a velvet mouthfeel, firm textured tannins and fine acid line. A well made wine with core varietal flavours and textures, peppery spices and long finish. Best drinking from 2022 through 2030+."