Description
Relish the 93pt flagship Shiraz from high altitude Eden fruit. As Dave Brookes in The Halliday Wine Companion writes, it boasts: "… aromas of pure red and dark cherry, blackberry and Doris plum fruits with hints of mixed spice, sage, peppercorn, roast meats, licorice, crushed stone, violets, dark chocolate and cold tea. There is a savoury lean on the palate, but that fruit is juicy and pure, showing itself with clarity and detail. Fine-grained tannins, too…"
The ‘Walter’ (formerly known as the ‘Patriarch’) has always been Mountadams flagship Shiraz, recognising the Patriarch and founder of Mountadam, David Wynn. The wine is named after Jennis’s father, Walter Small. Traditionally known as the best Shiraz from the Estate the 2022 vintage saw this wine sourced from the oldest plantings on the estate in Block 12 and Block 40, located in High Eden, a sub-region of the Barossa, approximately 550 metres above sea level. Soils are 500 million years old and although it’s an inhospitable place to grow vines, fruit quality is exceptional.
