About The Pack
The Barossa Valley is Australia's most famous wine region, having helped herald the quality of Australian wine the world over for decades.
While there are plenty of big and gustatory wines still being made in the region, there is also some light and shade in style if you know where to look.
These six wines cover a wide spectrum of the great value reds being made in the Barossa today and are the perfect things to have handy at home when you're looking for a glass of the Barossa without paying the big bucks.
2022 Whistler Divergent S.M.G
This is the perfect casual red for any night of the week!
Here, winemaker Michael Corbett takes Shiraz, Mataro and Grenache (mostly from the estate vineyards) and combines it with effortless ease into a gorgeously balanced red. Each variety adds a different component to the wine - the Shiraz bringing blue fruit and spice, Mataro bringing structure, and the Grenache bringing juicy red fruits.
Bring it to a BBQ, or crack it open to serve with dinner - you'll be in for a fantastic time.
Read more about 2022 Whistler Divergent S.M.G2021 Cirillo Vincent Grenache
The Cirillo Vincent Grenache is, year after year, one of the country's best value Grenache. It's also a homage to Marco's father, who passed down all of his winemaking knowledge (spanning 8 generations!) down to him.
Vincent is a charismatic character, just like his maker. It bucks the trend of big, sweet, oaky Barossa Grenache and sits firmly in the bright, cheery and gluggable camp.
A portion of whole bunches give it a lifted perfume and silky texture, while the use of older French oak and stainless steel ensure this is a lot brighter and bouncier than many of its Barossa counterparts.
Read more about 2021 Cirillo Vincent Grenache2021 Spinifex Syrah
Pete Schell continues to explore the possibilities with Shiraz/Syrah in his beloved Barossa Valley, and this vibrant and lifted Syrah is a gorgeous drink.
Designed as a more understated and elegant version of Barossa Shiraz, Schell picks fruit from a couple of different, cooler sites in the Barossa and Eden Valleys. The grapes are picked earlier to retain freshness and perfume, before seeing a mixture of stainless steel and wooden and concrete fermenters.
Wild and savoury yet soft and sumptuous, this is Barossa Shiraz unlike we usually see it.
Interesting, flavour-packed and moreish, this is another winner from this superstar winemaker.
Read more about 2021 Spinifex Syrah
2019 Yelland + Papps Vin de Soif
The Vin de Soif is a wine built for casual easy drinking.
It combines old vine Grenache, Mataro and Carignan from the Barossa Valley into a slurpable, sloshy wine that makes it a perfect match with a wide array of foods.
It's plump and full-bodied, dusted with fine, moreish tannin and incredibly easy to knock back out of tumblers.
It's the kind of wine that would be perfect for sipping around a campfire in the dead of winter.
2019 Schild Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
The Schild Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is fermented in stainless steel and then aged in new and used oak. It shows black fruits (blackcurrant and blackberry) as well as plum and liquorice, giving it a spicy edge. With a bit of bottle age now, it's showing tertiary characters like chocolate, boot polish and cigar box, while the primary black fruit characters still shine in the foreground, with fine tannins holding it all together.
For the price, the Schild Estate Cabernet Sauvignon overdelivers on quality, and it can even be cellared for a few more years, though it's drinking excellently right now.
Read more about 2019 Schild Estate Cabernet Sauvignon2020 Rock of Wisdom Superfly Red
Value hunters of the Barossa Valley, this one is for you. A lighter shade of the valley here, with an almost equal parts, Grenache Mataro blend.
Minimal oak here, the goal to create a vibrant, and juicy wine, full of fruit. Mission accomplished, blue and red fruit, with some nice spice on the nose. The palate is vibrant and lively with tart red berries, some riper sweeter fruits as well, before finishing with a soft gentle tannin structure.
The wine is not trying to be anything other than what it is. Not for the cellar, it’s a case of what you see is what you get, fresh packaging on the outside, bright value for money juice, inside.
Read more about 2020 Rock of Wisdom Superfly RedDelivery is Free for any order of $99 or more, or just $10 for any orders less than $99. There is no minimum order quantity and you can mix and match as much as you like. Make your perfect mixed pack! In Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & Byron Bay we deliver with our own vans. All other areas are serviced by Australia Post.
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