Superbly rich and opulent with power and structure, it's perfumed on the nose with dark and purple fruit intensity, vanillin oak, smoked game, floral and toasted spice aromas. The palate exhibits outstanding concentration and depth, wonderfully complemented by velvety texture and layers of polished tannins. Enticing and engaging, it's impressively long and gratifying. At its best: now to 2040. 97/100 Feb 2024.

There are few wine examples globally, as profoundly rich and concentrated as Barossa Shiraz such as this. The result of ancient, gnarly old vines, and painfully low-yields, Dan Eggleton treats this single Marananga vineyard with kid-gloves, acknowledging his role in preserving, rather than shaping, the wine’s ultimate expression. The wine is impossibly dense, profoundly pure and, though hard to believe, possibly even longer than Baz Lurhmann’s epic, Thaitanic. This stands aside only a handful of Australian Shiraz in its richness, power and concentration - the old ‘iron fist in the velvet glove’. Drink now, or in half a century plus - this aint going anywhere fast. A wine that will silence the rowdiest room. 99+/100 Peter Nixon, The Wine Libertine