Teusner The Riebke Shiraz

“The Riebke family grow outstanding quality fruit on old, low yielding Barossa Valley vines…something they’ve been doing for six generations. For their faith in what we do and their assistance in the birth and growth of Teusner Wines, we’ll be forever thankful.

With the exception of what I prefer to refer to as the ‘challenging’ 2011 vintage, we’ve been served up a good run of vintages in the Barossa in recent years ranging from the ‘very good’ to the ‘bloody outstanding’. And as we start to taste our way through our 2020 vintage reds, we’re increasingly of the opinion that this vintage is up there with the best of them….the extremely low crop levels being great for fruit quality.

The Riebke tradition continues with the 2020 wine…….rich, abundant flavour and serious drinkability whilst also being easy on the pocket. The wine is jam packed with Barossa Shiraz flavours….plums, black fruits and warm spices of cinnamon, nutmeg and 5 spice. There’s a touch of mid palate sweetness, some mocha and black olive and the soft tannins are integrated seamlessly through the mid palate. We’ve taken it easy on the oak to allow the rich dark fruit to take center stage. This is a plush, vibrant wine of immense generosity and, in my opinion incredible value.