An Outstanding Barossa
With a 96 Halliday score to boot!
rich, full-bodied
Barossa
Grant Burge Balthasar Shiraz 2021
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Grant Burge doesn't need an introduction, but we'll give you one anyway: family-run since 1865, five generations deep in Barossa soil, and still turning out wines that make you double-check the price tag. The Balthasar is their Eden Valley flex, and it's a seriously good flex if you ask us. No wonder it's got 96 Halliday.
$239.94 / 6PK
$39.99
$53
Or 4 payments of $59.99 with our buy now pay later providers.
To learn more, click on any of the providers below.
Why do we love this wine?
Pour it and you're looking at something so deep and dense it's flirting with black. The nose throws cooking spices and clove at you first, then blue and red fruit come through underneath - and it only gets more intense the longer it sits in the glass. On the palate, dark cherry and black plum lead the charge, backed by a proper spice hit of spice, with cocoa powder lingering in the background. It's lush and sweet-fruited but somehow still fine-grained, with tannin dense enough to give it real backbone. Everything moves together right through to a finish that's got grace, not just grunt.
Awards
96pts Halliday Wine Companion
Five Red Star Halliday Rated Producer
Iconic
Museum Release
Tasting Notes
Wine nerd stuff
It's cool, we get it, you want to know absolutely everything about this wine. Well here you go, go nuts.
Vintage
2021
Region
Barossa
Cellaring
2042
Closure
Screwcap
Bottle volume
Standard 750ml
