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Agricola 'K Sands' Shiraz 2024
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- TASTING NOTE: "Apparently, you can't put Kalimna on a wine label or certain people puff their chests out and get all angsty, so here we have the 2024 K'Sands ... from the parish of Kalimna in the northern Barossa. It's essentially a small subregion of around half a dozen low, rolling sand hills that you can clearly discern if you're driving up Belvidere Road, and which have borne some of Australia's most famous wines ... hello early Granges. As is the norm, the fruit purity is off the charts with deep plum, cherry conserve and blue fruits. But there is a wilder intensity to its stare, with a gamey undercurrent, amaro, medina spices, hanging meats, clove and crushed bedrock. There's a little more chew to the pull of its tannins; a little more horsepower under the hood. Hoowee, it's good. Compellingly good." 97 Points - Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion
- ABOUT THE WINE: Fruit sourced from the Asbroek ‘Ancient’ circa 1864 vines and Asbroek 50+ year ‘Old Vines’. 1,707 bottles produced. These wines encapsulate the 'New Barossa', balancing richness while maintaining fruit purity and acknowledging a sense of place. Callum noted, "To varying extents, I am involved in the grape-growing with all of the vineyards I deal with. This could include pruning, shoot-thinning, mid-row slashing, under-vine management and I am always there for the pick on the day of harvest." Halliday
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ABOUT THE PRODUCER: The Barossa is big on tradition, but what excites the most is the new generation of winemakers coming through the ranks, producing world-class wines with a deep respect for the subregions and history of Australia's most famous wine region. Callum Powell is one such winemaker. Son of ex-Torbreck svengali Dave Powell, he now crafts his own range of wines from a couple of sheds in Flaxman Valley. It’s a stunning range of wines from vineyard sites that will be familiar to those that love the Barossa – the Hoffman Dimchurch and Dallwitz blocks, Three Rivers and the 1864-planted Asbroek vineyard in Kalimna. The winemaking is thoughtful and deeply considered, the resulting wines stunning in their fruit purity and sense of place and Agricola Vintners can be underlined as one of the stars of the ‘New Barossa’. Halliday Wine Companion
- COUNTRY: Australia
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REGION: Barossa Valley, South Australia
- VARIETAL: Shiraz
- WINE STYLE: Red Wine
- WINEMAKER: Callum Powell
- CLASSIFICATION: Minimal Intervention
- CLOSURE: Cork
- ABV%: 14.2%
- SIZE: 750ml
