2023 Neldner Road by Dave Powell Barossa Valley Shiraz

Formerly known as Powell & Son, Dave Powell, of Torbreck fame and son Callum have now decided to take separate paths on their winemaking journey. Dave rebranding his venture Neldner Road. Sourced from mature Barossa Valley vineyards, the majority located along the region’s North-Western ridge in Marananga and Seppeltsfield with a component also coming from Lyndoch Valley in the Southern Barossa. Fruit parcels are vinified separately in concrete vats before being basket pressed and assembled into large format 4,500 litre French oak foudres for 15 months maturation.

Rich and dense with a liqueur like concentration and voluptuous texture.

Magnificent colour featuring an impenetrable inky black heart along with a near equally deep black dark red hue. Heady aromas of dark to black plum, liquorice and ripe black cherry waft through the nostrils complimented by spicy vanillin oak and earthy mocha notes. Rich, dense and boasting a liqueur like concentration, voluptuously textured black plum, liquorice and black cherry fruits saturate every corner of the palate. Smoky vanillin oak, earthy fennel, mocha and blackpepper characters then move in. Power packed it has somewhat chewy yet velvet like tannins and a long decadent finish.
Drink over the next 4-5 years.
Alc. 14.5%