The Old Salem Barossa Shiraz takes its name from the Old Salem Lutheran Church, which was built with humble claystone in 1856. The church was destroyed in the flood of 1946, but it lives on in the memorial stone laid in our vineyard and the grapes harvested from it. These are incorporated with carefully selected premium grapes from other longstanding Barossa family growers to create this distinctive Barossa Shiraz.
Watch: Winemaker Nick Badrice introduce the 2021 Old Salem Shiraz
Intense, deep red with a crimson hue, this wine has an expressive and complex array of red and blue berry fruit aromas, with nuances of cinnamon and anise. The palate displays generous blackberry and blackcurrant flavours seamlessly integrated with fine chalky tannins, leading to a long, persistent finish.
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- Vintage
- 2021
- Grape variety breakdown
The individual parcels of fruit are vinified in small stainless steel fermenters with gentle extraction of tannins, then aged in new and second-use French oak hogsheads for 18 months.
- Technical Details
- Alcohol: 14.5% | pH: | Acidity: | Volume: 750mls
- Maturation
Eighteen months
- Background
The Old Salem Vineyard produces wines that honor the heritage of the Barossa Valley, reflecting both the history of the land and the dedication to quality winemaking. Wines from Old Salem Vineyard are frequently recognized in national and international competitions, celebrated for their depth, complexity, and expression of terroir.
- Cellaring potential
To 2028
- Vineyard Notes
The vineyard derives its name from the Old Salem Church, a historical landmark in the Barossa Valley. Built by early German settlers, the church stood as a testament to the cultural and viticultural history of the area. Situated in Stockwell, a prime sub-region of the Barossa Valley, the Old Salem Vineyard benefits from the area's distinctive geography, characterised by rolling hills and fertile valleys. The vineyard's soils are a mix of red-brown earth, loam, and clay, providing excellent drainage and nutrient availability. This diversity in soil types contributes to the complexity and character of the wines. The Barossa Valley's Mediterranean climate, with warm days and cool nights, is ideal for grape growing. The diurnal temperature variation aids in developing rich flavours while retaining acidity in the grapes.
The 2021 growing season in the Barossa offered favourable conditions, with the summer growing season mild and even, with cool day time temperatures. Enhanced by excellent rains across winter and spring and a full moisture profile in the soil, the vineyards developed wonderful canopies and well-formed grape bunches. As a result of the long flavour development and ripening cycle in the vineyard, the 2021 vintage resulted in fruit of exceptional quality and excellent yields. Regarded as one of the most renowned vintages, wines produced from the exceptional fruit of 2021 exhibit great depth of colour, with intense, concentrated varietal fruit flavours, whilst robust reds will have firm tannins which will mellow and soften with careful cellaring.
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