Slightly tricky to say but easy to drink the Gomersal is made from grapes grown in one of the Barossa’s very best plots. Its dark enough to be called black with a big nose full of vanilla, coconut, cherries and a trace of spice that’s reminiscent of cola. There’s a good hit of liquorice here with plenty of raspberry and ripe dark and sour cherries and a touch of minerality to keep things moving. At 15% alcohol this is a boozy one but despite this it manages to move quite lightly across the palate.
ACCOLADES & AWARDS:
James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion: 96 Like all the Murray Street Vineyard 12 Shirazs, has excellent colour; sultry black fruits, licorice and spice on the bouquet and palate; despite the alcohol, the full-bodied wine steps lightly, leaving the mouth free for the next sip.
The Vinsomniac: An anticipated release from a regarded vintage. The Gomersal is produced from fruit off a single vineyard over on the Barossa's western ridge, in a sub-region referred to as 'Gomersal'.
The wine spends 18 months in used American puncheons, yet there is the familiar aroma of vanilla creme and residual coconut. Dark intense berry fruit backs this up, slowly revealing itself - as if throwing a cloak - to reveal blackcurrant and ironstone.
The palate is in a similar vein, intensity of flavour with tannin that is fine, well integrated, resembling graphite minerality. Balance is key here with fruit, tannin and a little acid making up a midfield trio - the engine of the wine.
Excellent, sustained length - present long after the wine has slid down the gullet.
Barossa Winery of the Year 2015
Don't Pay: $55.00
WBW Rating: 96/100
Closure: Stelvin
Region: Barossa Valley, SA
Winemaker: Andrew Seppelt
Drink now until: 2035+
Alc/Vol: 15 %
