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ST HALLETT Old Block Shiraz, Barossa 2018 Bottle
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ST HALLETT Old Block Shiraz, Barossa 2018 Bottle
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About this wine
ST HALLETT Old Block Shiraz, Barossa
The Old Block Shiraz displays vibrancy, elegance and concentration. Originally from the St Hallett Old Block vineyard, the Old Block Shiraz was first made by Robert O’Callaghan and Stuart Blackwell in 1980. All fruit for Old Block Shiraz must be sourced from vineyards planted on their rootstock and be over 50 years old. Parcels are harvested and fermented separately based on their unique character. Before blending, the wine is pressed off skins and transferred directly to French oak hogsheads and puncheons. Each barrel was assessed for balance and flavour to determine the ideal blend, creating a refined, harmonious wine.
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Expert Review
Huon Hooke
Deep red with a tinge of purple, very good colour for its age; it has a reserved nose of savoury developing aromas, a trace of dried spices, the palate soft and round, with mellow red fruit flavours, deliciously supple and fleshy, with a nice touch of sweet fruit at the heart, beautifully harmonised with fine grained tannins. Long carry. Lovely drinking now and for several years hence.
95 points, The Real Review (August 2022)
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Mike Bennie
This is a full flavoured and supple red. It feels inky and very rich, dark fruited, a lift of raspberry, layered with woody spice and seasoned with black pepper, cedar and clove, Chinese five spice. Lush. It’s well balanced in its elements, pulses with brushed velvet texture and finishes with a pucker of chalky tannin and bright, lemony acidity. The finish a quibble at this stage. Mellow in its gait, mouth-staining and ample, it feels pedigree as it does complex as it does bold. Well done, here.
94 points, The Wine Front (September 2022)
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Erin Larkin
The 2018 Old Block Shiraz is, as usual, a blend of two areas within the Barossa Zone: Barossa Valley (66%) and Eden Valley (34%). From my tastings over the years, I am really attracted to the 2018 vintage in the Barossa. Fruit has an easy gloss, a polish and a concentration that makes it so exciting to drink in its youth, but you know these wines will age, because they are possessed of supreme structure and shape. So, the 2018 Old Block is supple, almost slinky, medium-bodied, red-fruited, almost velvet, but light on its feet. There are suggestions of Earl Grey tea, graphite and fennel from Eden and a hint of red dirt and meaty body and density from Barossa, and it's just enough to create magic in the mouth. This is superb. Truly awesome.
97 points, Wine Advocate (September 2022)
The Lindner Family established St Hallett in the heart of the Barossa Valley near Tanunda in 1944. After a relatively sleepy beginning producing fortified wines, the winery restructured its ownership. The rumbustious pioneering energy of Barossa legend Bob McLean during the 1980s and 1990s saw an extraordinary metamorphosis. Stuart Blackwell, St Hallett’s winemaker since 1972 oversaw the development of Langton's Classified 'Excellent' St Hallet Old Block Shiraz, perhaps one of the most successful ultra-fine Barossa Shirazes and an early cult-type wine. Alongside Old Block, St Hallett makes a range of wines that consistently over-deliver including the classic reserve style Blackwell Shiraz.
