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"As life-forces stir, a connection is born and a personality created. The Quickening celebrates the vivifying power of nature. This is the Barossa reimagined. An exuberant outpouring of energy, captured within a sculptured framework that reflects the rugged yet beautiful landscape of its conception.
This wine is all about great fruit, picked at the right time. Frequent vineyard walks determines exactly the right time, the fruit full of energy. Wild fermented, using some whole bunch inclusion play their role in ensuring that this wine is full of bright, fleshy fruit with great texture and spice. Aged in French oak for 8 months prior to bottling.
A deliciously vibrant style of Barossa Shiraz with succulent raspberry and blackcurrant fruit, hints of spice and elegant, glossy texture."
95/100 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, September 2022 (2021 Vintage)
"Now this is a treat. The cool 2021 season has really gifted the 2021 The Quickening Shiraz with detail, openness and poise, and the tannins emerge as being one of the true highlights. They are ultra fine and grippy, a little bit chewy, and serve to frame the fruit in such a way that they extend the line and length of the experience. I'm smiling as I type this, and I think that's a great sign that I like the wine very much. Delicious."
93+/100 Gery Walsh, The Wine Front, January 2022 (2021 Vintage)
"Dried flowers and spice, raspberry and blackberry, a little sullen youthful char here, though you can see how the wine wants to be underneath that, which is fragrant and lively. Medium-bodied, juicy red and black fruits, spicy too, with emery tannin, a subtle meatiness, and a fresh finish of fine length. A subtle saltbush flavour in the mix too. Almost certainly more to come here."
93/100 James Halliday's Wine Companion, September 2022 (2021 Vintage)
"A deep ruby. Cracked pepper, cardamon and thyme. Plenty floral, too, once the glass is given a workout. The tannins, big -boned and finely articulated, serve to splay the spiced complexities across the refined latticework, from attack to long finish. A rich wine, but cagey, reticent and nicely standoffish in the mouth. Each glass reveals a different nuance as a result."
90/100 Angus Hughson, WinePilot.com, December 2022 (2021 Vintage)
"This attractive, quite early drinking style of Barossa Shiraz does exhibit good layers of complexity as it delivers soy sauce, black cherry and mulberry fruits that are well integrated with spicy oak. Dry and mid weight, it is juicy on the palate thanks to the cooler season and then finishes with decent length offset by grainy tannins."
