Grant Burge Balthasar Shiraz 2018
- Australia
- Shiraz
- ABV 14.5
- Zalto Denk'Art Bordeaux Glass
Alc 14.5%
Screwcap
Stuart McCloskey, August 2025 "Boom – a thunderous wine from the great, 2018 Eden Valley vintage, and it shows. Good lord – where on earth to start? This beauty ripples with a smörgåsbord of black and blue fruits, salted plum, raspberry coulis, black cherry, cinnamon toast, fresh mint / menthol, clove, kelp, a smidgeon of sweet piping tobacco is creeping in, dried orange peel and amaro bitters… Light florals (lavender) and blueberry compote with more aeration. This draws you into a fog of luscious potency – it’s so dark and so deep. Incredible. The palate is packed with ripe fruits. This feels lavish – the texture is a joy. I love the interplay between the ripe fruit, dusty spices, and a little bitter coffee… Flavours carry on for minutes. Fruit quality, a great vintage, and Craig Stansborough at the helm provides finesse to the power. This must have been a colossus upon its release. Epic wine for the money… Drink now (decant for 2-4-hours)."
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Abednego
Langton’s – Australia’s famous wine auction house, “Grant Burge’s other ‘icon’ wines include the rather classical, indeed brilliant Abednego Shiraz Grenache Mourvèdre. This has almost no presence on the market which must say something for its immediate approachability.”
Meshach
It is no exaggeration to say that there are few people in the world who understand Australian wine better than Andrew Caillard MW who penned, “It is Grant Burge’s Meshach Shiraz that has played no small part in the ascendancy of the Barossa Shiraz vernacular. This wine brings utterly sublime vineyard resources, marketing imagination and accessibility to the fine wine consumer. While it is pricey, it’s also fair. It generally offers a much better bang to your buck than many over-hyped cult type Shirazes. The fruit is sourced from the 100-year-old Filsell vineyard planted on deep alluvial soils near Lyndoch. The vineyard is triaged on optimum ripeness and flavour development. This is often around 14 degrees Baume. The wine is vinified in open headed down fermenters at warm temperatures. Towards dryness, the wine is drained and pressed, completing fermentation in mostly new American oak hogsheads. Meshach is a highly concentrated and generous Barossa style with a ripe, dense palate packed with fruit, pronounced tannins and supported by American oak. Meshach is already highly regarded for its potential lo... Read more Read less
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