2021 Block 15 Shiraz
($106.25 Members Price)
Block 15 is a special block farmed by Marcus Schulz personally for more than 70 years. Dense powerful black and blue fruits dominate the nose, new french oak plays its part, but the fruit dominates. the full bodied pallet is long, dense and supported by tannins that will carry this wine in the decades to come.
Technical Tasting Notes
2021 Block 15 Shiraz
GROWING SEASON
The 2021 Barossa Valley vintage will be remembered as an almost faultless season after the challenging years that preceded it. Good spring rains meant that for the first time in many years we entered the growing season with good soil moisture levels. A warm dry growing season followed, with balanced and healthy canopies producing an average crop of extremely high quality fruit. Certainly the best in a decade, maybe longer. The good news is that flavours and colours (in reds) and overall quality is exceptional. A truly great Barossa vintage in the making.
TASTING NOTE
The 2021 Block 15 brings together one of the Northern Barossa’s best blocks in a truly wonderful season. Old vine Ebenezer Shiraz grown by one of the Barossa’s grape growing legends, Marcus Schulz. Dense powerful black and blue fruits dominate the nose, new french oak plays its part, but the fruit dominates. the full bodied pallet is long, dense and supported by tannins that will carry this wine in the decades to come.
SPECIFICATIONS
Region: Barossa Valley
Sub Region: Ebenezer, Barossa Valley
Variety: Shiraz
Alcohol: 14.7%
Production: 800 bottles
Cellaring: 20 years+
Winemaker: Andrew Seppelt
Reviews
2021 BLOCK 15 SHIRAZ
Jamessuckling.com (Ned Goodwin)
97 Points - This is an exceptional wine. I'm not sure I like it necessarily more than its Stone Well sibling, but...among the very best of the region. An apotheosis of latent power, salacious fruit, oak and welcome restraint thanks to the tannic kit. The tannic definition, again, the hallmark of the address. The oak is generous, yet nothing that this capacious wine shan't swallow in time. Bitter licorice pastille, biltong, molten dark fruit, licorella, kirsch and violet. As tempting as this is now, I'd bury it. Best after 2026.
