2021 Longview Vista Shiraz Barbera

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To put it simply, this is an absolutely killer bargain Shiraz/Barbera blend from the Adelaide Hills full of brightness and juicy fruit.

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The Vista from Longview shows that Shiraz and a splash of Barbera make great bedfellows.

The fruit gets hand picked, de-stemmed and co-fermented to about two weeks, then gets pressed to old French Oak to mature.

The oak doesn't dampen any of the brightness though, with the finished wine coming out the other end full of juicy blackberries and cherries, with sprinklings of pepper. A great savoury red to go with dinner any night of the week - and extreme value for money, too.

All fruit is hand-picked. Both varietals were de-stemmed and crushed before a cool, open co-ferment for 14 days. Maturation occurs in French Oak Hogsheads - 3rd and 4th use - and bottled within 10 months.

91 Points - "This red blend hits the spots - and then some. It offers both red- and black-berried fruit flavours though the emphasis is on red. There's a frisky, crunchy element but don't worry it has substance. It fills the mouth with fresh, ripe fruit flavour, and while there's a ripe-sweetness to the mid palate the edges are savouriness vinified. This is lovely in a yum, easy-going, just-the-ticket way." - Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

90 Points - "Bright ruby into a purple rim. Mulberry, crushed violets and black pepper aromas. A stylishly medium weight shiraz that is silken as it flows with purple berries and lifts of spice notes across the palate to a long finish." - Stuart Knox (The Real Review)

95 Points - Top 100 Wines of 2022 - "No information on the back label, not even the percentage split. Yet in truth it's the vintage that is speaking loud and clear, with its red berry and licorice bouquet, dark chocolate even louder on the palate which is 50/50 per cent juicy and savoury." - James Halliday (Halliday Wine Companion)

90 Points - "The 2021 Vista Shiraz Barbera is juicy, bright and spicy—but it's Shiraz Barbera, so what else did we expect? It's luminous in the glass, luminous in the mouth and shaped by a bevy of fine, almost spindly tannins and tense, briny acidity. A lovely wine. Bouncy, almost." - Erin Larkin (Robert Parker Wine Advocate)

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