2018 Old Block Shiraz, St Hallett Bestsellers 300 millimetres a year and

300 millimetres a year and a short growing season

A Viña Ardanza in its prime and with a long life ahead of it

Pairs with: grilled sausages

the house has quietly refined its art

The nose offers an inviting bouquet of fruity and sweet notes

2018 Old Block Shiraz, St Hallett Bestsellers 300 millimetres a year andThis is one of the great names in Australian Shiraz: St Halletts flagship Old Block, an iconic Barossa red built from ancient vines and decades of regional know how. Deep, dark and beautifully composed, it opens with blackberry, damson plum, mulberry and black cherry, then folds into dark chocolate, liquorice, cedar, cinnamon, clove, black pepper and a little graphite depth. It has classic Barossa richness, but the Eden Valley component brings lift,