TWO HANDS GNARLY DUDES SHIRAZ 2023

Winery notes (2023 Vintage)
"A large volume of rich fruit engulf your palate, this is deep, rich, layered and long. Delicious fruits evolve along the palate, and you left with a richly rewarding experience. This is Barossa all the way and the tannin hold a plushness, nerve and energy that give immediate enjoyment.

The wine was matured for 12 months in French oak, 13% new, and the remainder in one to six year old puncheons and hogsheads. All batches were kept separate and blended just prior to bottling"

94/100 Huon Hooke, The Real Review, March 2025 (2023 Vintage)
"Two Hands makes a bevy of Barossa beauties, many at high prices and needing cellar time before drinking. This one is a ripping shiraz that drinks well already, and the price is very nice. Colossal purple colour that stains the glass; big ripe bouquet of preserved plums and blackberry jam, a lick of spice; the wine is full bodied and fruit-sweet on the tongue with liberal supple, mouth-coating tannins and satisfying length. Impeccable balance. A classic Barossa shiraz, approachable now despite its youth, and remarkable value."

90/100 Erin Larkin, RobertParker.com, Wine Advocated, April 2025 (2023 Vintage)
"The 2023 Gnarly Dudes Shiraz hails from a cool and wet season in South Australia, and yet the wine exudes the usual black fruit, licorice, dark chocolate and dried herbs. The season has perhaps robbed the wine of some of its concentration and persistent thrust of flavour, yet it is all toned down in unison, retaining balance in the end. Drink it before some of the other years around it, and make the most of the freshness of fruit. it is lovely."