At over 25 years of age, this wine would be in a mature drinking window with primary blackcurrant fruit having developed into dried berry, cedar, tobacco, leather, and earth notes. Tannins should be well softened. Bottle provenance matters considerably for a wine this age.
- Varietal
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Region
- Australia / South Australia / Barossa Valley (database lists "South Africa" — this is incorrect; Grant Burge is an Australian producer)
- Body
- Full
- Style
- dry red, oak-aged, age-worthy
The producer
Shadrach is Grant Burge's flagship Cabernet Sauvignon, the Cabernet companion to the Meshach Shiraz (named after the same biblical trio from the Book of Daniel). Grant Burge sources Shadrach from low-yielding Cabernet vineyards in the Barossa.
What critics say
Shadrach has consistently received strong critical reception for Australian Cabernet, with high-90s scores in several vintages.
Pairing
Ribeye with smoked salt, slow-braised lamb shoulder, aged hard cheeses