2022 Seppelt St Peters Shiraz

Rich, deep and powerful yet refined and silky with great structural attributes and a blackpepper laced finish.

Released in small quantities and only in exceptional years, St Peters is Seppelt’ s flagship shiraz. The lineage of this iconic wine dates back to 1964, when ‘great western hermitage’, as it was then known, was first made. Since 1998 this wine has been called St Peters in honour of the first vineyard planted in the region.
Impenetrable inky black core with a very deep dark red black tinged hue. Expressive blackpepper infused aromatics of dark plum, liquorice and black cherry flow through the olfactory senses followed by spicy vanillin cedar, fennel and scorched earth notes. Rich, deep and powerful yet refined and silky in it’s movement across the palate, plush black cherry, liquorice and dark plum fruits are featured over a scorched earth, graphite, spicy vanillin cedar and blackpepper background. Great structure with polished, seamlessly integrated tannins and a long, generously fruited, blackpepper laced finish.
Drink over the next 10-12 years.
Alc. 14%

Other Reviews….
At the risk of repeating myself, this is one of my very favourite Australian Shiraz. I love it. Always have. Love the perfumed aromatics that get things started. Vibrant ripe cherry and blackberry notes, with a liberal coating of dark chocolate. Traces of cracked black pepper and graphite emerge with breathing. Managing the oak is fundamental to St Peters and winemaker Clare Dry uses an old French vat, older barriques and just 24% new oak. Interestingly, Dry also uses a small amount of whole bunch ferment which appears as the slightly flinty palate characters. Another cracking good wine. Drink by 2024-2049.
98 Points
Ray Jordan – WinePilot.com

A blend of fruit off four blocks in Seppelt Great Western vineyards. Fermentation includes whole bunch (10%), maturation in French oak (24% new). The second St. Peters release under Clare Dry, who has instigated a reduced new oak regime, allowing beautifully fragrant, compelling fruit to shine. Demands your attention in heady scents of wildflower, bay leaf, black cherry, blackberry and spice. Keeps the momentum up with complexity on the rise and the odd side step into savouriness, as the palate unwinds in peppery black fruits, woodsy earth and Grampians-led bright spices. Drink by 2041.
95 Points
Jeni Port – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion