2021 Hoffmann DV Shiraz
2021 Hoffmann DV Shiraz
($59.50 Wine Club price)
Our Single Block 'Vineyard Series' Hoffmann DV Shiraz from the exceptional 2021 vintage again comes from the extensive Hoffman vineyards in Ebenezer in the Northern Barossa Valley.
Technical Tasting Notes
2021 HOFFMANN DV 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 wine has all the hallmarks of a northern Barossa Shiraz - bright purple red hue, powerful black and blue fruits, full bodied, the dense fruit balanced by abundant natural tannins. More plush than its Primrose Shiraz cousin. This wine is drinking well on release but is sure to improve with cellar time..
SPECIFICATIONS
Region: Barossa Valley
Sub Region: Ebenezer
Variety: Shiraz
Alcohol: 14.8%
Production: 1560 bottles
Cellaring: 10 years+
Winemaker: Andrew Seppelt
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Reviews
2022 Vineyard Series Hoffmann DV Shiraz
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2021 Vineyard Series Hoffmann DV Shiraz
QWine (https://www.qwinereviews.com/)
95 Points - Boom! The power and the poise. The longevity of this Shiraz will have you punching the air no end. With a superb structure and balance, go here. One sip is far from enough for this excellent Barossa Valley Shiraz.
Shy on opening, it got into a grove after a couple of days. The lesson here is a good decant or put it away and forget about it - the reward is thrilling.
Joyous blueberry and boysenberry fruit coil themselves around a muscular frame. Some sweet blackberry jam slides in late and then moves on as quickly as it arrives. Delicate spices roll through the mouth - think brown baking spices and cardamom. There's even a touch of cured meat. Cedar and a lick of caramel, a ribbon of dark chocolate runs long. The tannins are firm and churn away - yes! I'm sitting up tall and I love being dragged along for the ride.
Drink to ten years+
dave brookes (winecompanion.com.au)
93 Points - Shiraz from the renowned Hoffmann vineyard in the northern subregion of Ebenezer delivers a vibrant yet deep wine loaded with characters of macerated plum and summer berry fruits with hints of dark chocolate, oak spice, espresso, blueberry pie, berry cream, jasmine and earth. Unctuous with creamy berry fruits, a fair lick of mocha oak and compact, fine northern Barossa tannin heft finishing concentrated, opulent and toothsome.
2020 Vineyard Series Hoffmann DV Shiraz
Not Released for Public Sale
2019 Vineyard Series Hoffmann DV Shiraz
Tyson Stelzer (winecompanion.com.au)
93 Points - Adrian Hoffmann's famous Ebenezer vines deliver density of licorice, blackberries and blood plums, well set in bright acidity and fine-grained tannins. High-cocoa dark chocolate and coffee-bean oak carries a long finish, always just behind the fruit, as it should be.