There's not much Durif in Australia, even less in Barossa Valley, Atze's Corner know a thing or two about taming the tannins of this masculine varietal, they treasure the challenge and are hopeful of planting another row or two. The actual day of picking is crucial to optimal ripeness, sorting of the parched little grapes is essential to the opulence of the finished wine. Purple midnight hues, textural and redolent of juicy wine gum jubes, licorice and violets cassis, the traditional chocolateyness of Barossa fruit, bursting out of its black, tannic corset.

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The mob are a flock of sheep, they made pasture among a single hectare of vines and chewed the suffering plantings almost to ruin. The misfortunate Montepulciano however showed great resilience and were nursed back to life, resurrected as a magnificent single vineyard site with a meager yield of a precious 200 dozen. Sixteen months in French and American oak hogsheads underpins the mesmering Montepulciano fruit with a cushion of softened bramble tannis, savoury of olive, bay leaf and thyme, the succulence of ripe cherries undulate on the exquisitely balanced finish.

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The Kalleske family have been Barossa winegrowing since 1853, they retain priceless parcels of ancient vine, picking grapes off the very plantings nurtured by their forebears generations ago. The wizzened old veterans on Zen Master date back to establishment by the Atze family in 1912, they yield a precious harvest of potent black berries, treated to the old world style of open ferments, hand plunging and a course of age in a new French oak puncheon. Brimming with florals, silky smooth, seamless, an exquisite old vine Shiraz of extraordinary opulence, elegance and finesse.

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