2023 Strawberry Hill Shiraz

Reviews

"This wine only appears in the best vintages. It is named after an old strawberry patch which grows next to the vineyard providing this fruit. Fermented in open vats over a three week period, the team use whole berries as much as possible. Maturation is in French oak barrels of varying age, including a small percentage new. The colour of the wine is a very dark mauve/maroon. This is a superb and finely crafted example of Barossa Valley Shiraz. The nose exhibits notes of chocolate, licorice, coffee beans, cassis and mocha. The oak has been expertly handled and the structure is seamless with a satiny, dense texture, leading to silky tannins. There is impeccable balance and great length to this wine. A gorgeous and stunning Shiraz with twenty years great drinking in its future. 97 Points." - Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot

"Gracefully opulent and complex, the enticing bouquet shows blackberry, sweet cherry, rich floral, vanillin oak, and toasted spice aromas. The concentrated palate exhibits terrific depth and weight, superbly complemented by fleshy texture and layers of fine tannins, finishing impressively long and sophisticated. At its best: 2027 to 2043. 97 Points." - Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"Deep, dark, brooding red-purple colour; the first aromas are vegetal, suggesting some whole-bunch treatment, behind which surges blackberry and cassis, sweet and superbly ripe, with flecks of white pepper and floral nuances. The wine is full bodied but also elegant, light on its feet despite its heft, finishing with flourishes of licorice and pepper/spice, the tannins abundant but powder-fine and supple. Superb shiraz of long-term potential. 96 Points." - Huon Hooke, The Real Review

"The Strawberry Hills Shiraz is a special cuvée, named after the old strawberry patch that still grows among the shiraz vines and made only in exceptional years. And the 2023 is a special wine from a cool year that allowed for a long and even ripening season. The concentrated fruit shows in the glass, with attractive aromas of blackberry, raspberry and plum, and creamy vanilla leading into a plush, rich palate. Acidity brings drive and freshness, while the tannins are supple, seamless and finely woven. This is classic Dean: generous, polished, and absolutely cracking. 96 Points." - Melissa Moore, Wine Pilot

"Medium deep crimson. Fresh blackberry pastille, raspberry fruits with lovely mocha, roasted chestnut, dried roses notes. Smooth and velvety textured wine with lovely pure blackberry, raspberry fruits, fine loose knit textures, underlying roasted chestnut, marzipan notes and persistent quartz-like freshness. Builds up cedar, hint leafy firm with chinotto/ dark chocolate/ bittersweet nuances. A beautifully balanced wine with super definition, vinosity and flow. 96 Points." - Andrew Caillard MW, The Vintage Journal