Glaetzer Wines 2022 Amon-Ra Shiraz (6 Bottles) Barossa Valley 95 Points

by CellarHand

$559.00 GST Included

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100% Shiraz

Amon-Ra is an iconic wine that epitomises Ben Glaetzer’s passion to create wines that are full-flavoured, multi-layered and intense but still elegant, stylish and finely balanced.

Exceptional old vine fruit was sourced from the famed Ebenezer sub district at the northern tip of the Barossa Valley. Vine age 50—130 years old. Yield 2 tonnes per hectare.

The wine is fermented in 1 and 2 tonne open fermenters and hand plunged 3 times daily. Matured for 16 months in 100% new oak hogshead barrels (95% French and 5% American) and matured on lees to maintain fruit profile and animation. Bottled unfiltered to ensure minimal intervention with the wine’s natural characteristics.

In colour, the wine has an opaque purple core with an almost luminous quality at the rim. There are aromas of blackberry that is offset by hints of black pepper and cardamom. On the palate it is rich and delightful. A mix of power and delicacy. Dark fruit notes abound, counterpoised by elegant spice and herb notes. It is a wine that will develop beautiful with long term cellaring through to 2050. – Ben Glaetzer

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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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