Glaetzer Wines Bishop Shiraz 2021 (6 Bottles) Barossa Valley

by CellarHand

$218.00 GST Included

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Glaetzer Bishop is a true expression of Barossa Shiraz that is elegantly structured with a long finish.

Bishop is the family name of Colin’s wife’ Judith. Fittingly the sign of Venus, a symbol which has come to represent women and feminine energy, is the centrepiece of the Bishop label.

In mythology, the symbol meant the Roman goddess Venus or her Greek equivalent Aphrodite. But the sign has also been linked back to ancient Egypt – a nod to Bishop’s link to Amon-Ra and Anaperenna.

The 2019 Bishop Shiraz is all Shiraz and all from the Ebenezer district of the northern Barossa Valley. Aged almost exclusively in second, third and fourth use oak (mostly French), it features slight herbal overtones to the black cherry and black olive notes. It’s medium to full-bodied on the palate, supple, generous and reasonably concentrated, folding in hints of peppery spice and mocha shadings on the velvety, mouthwatering finish.
91 points. Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate September 2021

TASTING NOTE BY BEN

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Description

Glaetzer Wines is a family owned company with a focus on making limited quantities of super premium Barossa reds. The wines are firstly about terroir – the magnificent ancient vines and rich soils from the famed Ebenezer district in the northern Barossa Valley.

And then about Ben Glaetzer crafting the wines to preserve the characteristics of the fruit from these wonderful vineyards where fruit expression is prized over overt ripeness, alcohol and oak. Ben’s winemaking style results in generous wines with great depth of flavour that are also elegant, multilayered and finely balanced.

The Vineyard

The Glaetzer mission is to focus, simply on the production of small-volume, super premium Barossa Valley wines.

The company holds a firm belief that the wines are made in the vineyard – a combination of the French notion terroir and Australian vineyard site knowledge.

The Barossa Valley is one of the most famous regions of South Australia. With an abundant history dating back to 1847 and a distinctive – and profound – Silesian (German) influence, it is asserting its importance, and the immeasurable value of its storehouse of century old vines and historic wineries.

CellarHand

CellarHand is a fine-wine importer and wholesale distributor, with a portfolio featuring some of the most sought-after estates of Germany, Austria, France and Italy, as well some of the greatest producers from Australia and New Zealand. Our ethos has always been to build a portfolio as you’d construct the perfect wine list. We work with small, family producers who express the best of their regions. The wines we sell are the wines we enjoy, and the people who make them are like family to us. They are wines that taste of where they come from, and though they’re steeped in history and stamped with the signature of their terroir, they’re more than ever relevant – and desirable – to the Australian diner of today.

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