Barossa signature blending:  Grenache 50%, Shiraz 32% and Mourvèdre 18%. 12 months in seasoned French oak. Heavily embossed bottle. Winemaker is Jeremy Ottawa.

Chateau Tanunda, Grand Barossa, GSM, Barossa, 2023

Deep garnet in colour. All the good stuff of a GSM Barossa blend, meaty depth, plum, blackberry, cool graphite, sweet oak, a little leather, strawberry hull and calyx (leaf), milk chocolate and there’s even a little smokiness. A little more medium bodied than previous years. Stays neat and tight and eschews opulence but doesn’t forsake flavour. Neat grainy tannin fans out underneath a little of that cool graphite straightness.

RRP: $25
Alc: 14.5%
Rating: 91/100

Wine sample courtesy of Chateau Tanunda and Blend PR