Grant Burge

Nebu

The 2018 vintage was quite something in Australia. Craig Stansborough, chief winemaker at Grant Burge, an estate founded in 1865, notes that "while the 2018 harvest was very dry, the quality of the fruit was excellent, thanks to the water retention in the soils from rain leading up to vintage." He explains that the dryne... read moress of the season meant low disease pressure and that this, coupled with cool night temperatures, allowed the vines to produce fruit with exceptional character and flavour." For Stansborough this is a vintage that unites power and elegance within the one glass."

The 2018 vintage of the Nebu Cabernet Shiraz is only the third release of this wine, with the Cabernet Sauvignon being sourced from the Cameron Vale Vineyard and the Shiraz from the 100-year-old vines of the Filsell vineyard.

 

Abednego

Langton’s – Australia’s famous wine auction house, “Grant Burge’s other ‘icon’ wines include the rather classical, indeed brilliant Abednego Shiraz Grenache Mourvèdre. This has almost no presence on the market which must say something for its immediate approachability.”

 

Meshach

It is no exaggeration to say that there are few people in the world who understand Australian wine better than Andrew Caillard MW who penned, “It is Grant Burge’s Meshach Shiraz that has played no small part in the ascendancy of the Barossa Shiraz vernacular. This wine brings utterly sublime vineyard resources, marketing imagination and accessibility to the fine wine consumer. While it is pricey, it’s also fair. It generally offers a much better bang to your buck than many over-hyped cult type Shirazes. The fruit is sourced from the 100-year-old Filsell vineyard planted on deep alluvial soils near Lyndoch. The vineyard is triaged on optimum ripeness and flavour development. This is often around 14 degrees Baume. The wine is vinified in open headed down fermenters at warm temperatures. Towards dryness, the wine is drained and pressed, completing fermentation in mostly new American oak hogsheads. Meshach is a highly concentrated and generous Barossa style with a ripe, dense palate packed with fruit, pronounced tannins and supported by American oak. Meshach is already highly regarded for its potential longevity and structure. Meshach has evolved as something of a secondary wine market staple. If Grange is a market indicator Meshach is something of a market backstop in the same way as Penfolds Bin 707 or Henschke Mount Edelstone. Grant Burge’s other ‘icon’ wines include the plush but erratic secondary market performing Shadrach Cabernet Sauvignon and the rather classical, indeed brilliant Abednego Shiraz Grenache Mourvèdre. The latter has almost no presence on the market which must say something for its immediate approachability.”