Description
Clos Otto is the flagship of Hentley Farm, a tiny-yielding single-vineyard Shiraz from their Seppeltsfield estate on the western edge of the Barossa. The vines were planted by previous owner Otto Kasper from a cutting of an old and closely guarded Shiraz clone. They're still worked with some fairly antique machinery, and the crop is always minuscule.
Keith Hentschke's estate has become one of the Barossa's most talked-about addresses, with chief winemaker Andrew Quin crafting wines that pack plenty of power but never lose their shape. G-Block is the source here: very shallow red clay loam over shattered limestone on an elevated eastern slope. The vines struggle for vigour, and that's exactly the point.
2023 was a cool, mild year in the Barossa, with below-average daytime temperatures and cool nights. Flavour built slowly and naturally high acidity held on, with picking stretching from mid-March well into April. The fruit was mostly destemmed with a bit of whole bunch, basket pressed, then given 22 months in French oak, 55% of it new.
It's a big, deep Shiraz, all plum and dark berries with violets and warm spice - cinnamon, clove, a touch of star anise. Fine-grained tannins and that cool-year acidity give it real drive through a long finish. It's approachable now but has the stuffing to go well past 2035.
A dense, beautifully proportioned Clos Otto from a slow, even season, and one of the Barossa's great single-vineyard Shiraz.
97 points
"A massive wine but it’s all in proportion, and will richly reward long keeping."
- Huon Hooke (The Real Review)
97 points
"Elegantly powerful. Quintessentially Barossa."
- Andrew Caillard MW and Jeni Port (The Vintage Journal)
96 points
"The wine sports a contemporary feel but it sings true to the Barossan hymn-sheet... Jeez, Hentley Farm is making some cracking wines at the pointy end of its lineup."
- Dave Brookes (Halliday Wine Companion)
| Price Bracket | $101 and Above |
| Type | Red |
| Body | Full Bodied |
| Variety | Shiraz |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | Barossa Valley |
| Australian State | SA |
| Feature |
High Score |
| Reviewed By |
The Real Review Halliday Wine Companion The Vintage Journal |
| Critic Score |
97 |
| Alcohol | 15% |
| Size | 750ml |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Closure | Cork |
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