Grant Burge Midnight Ink Barossa Shiraz 2021 (Australia)

Grant Burge Midnight Ink Barossa Shiraz 2021 (Australia)"It's richly fruited and gorgeously opulent, showing black blueberry, cake spice, mocha and toasty oak aromas on the nose. The palate is equally satisfying with excellent weight and depth, superbly supported by velvety texture and beautifully melded tannins. It's mouthfilling and complex, making it highly enjoyable. At its best: now to 2038" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Sep 2024 "Varietal and peppery, a core of super ripe fleshy blackberry fruits, brown

"It's richly fruited and gorgeously opulent, showing black/blueberry, cake spice, mocha and toasty oak aromas on the nose. The palate is equally satisfying with excellent weight and depth, superbly supported by velvety texture and beautifully melded tannins. It's mouthfilling and complex, making it highly enjoyable. At its best: now to 2038" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Sep 2024

"Varietal and peppery, a core of super ripe fleshy blackberry fruits, brown sugar, baked raspberry, milk chocolate, and sweet oak suggestions. All these suggestions come alive o the palate with fine tannins and medium+ acid line, red and black licorice, dark berries, some layers of old oak barrel though plenty of spices. Balanced, well made and ready. Best drinking from day of purchase through 2030" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Sep 2024

Deep, dark purple, ‘inky’. Bright and lifted black cherry, amaro, espresso and blue fruits with hints of marmite. Sweet fruit entry with blue fruits and some black currant. Rich dark chocolate dominates with a strong latte presence. The mouth filling flavours and richness flow with structured tannins providing a long and chocolate filled finish. A highly obvious and flavour packed wine with both warming and welcoming flavours. Drink now or with careful cellaring up to 5 years.

At Grant Burge wines, we challenged ourselves to come up with the most vibrant and impactful wines possible. The result was Ink.

The story of Grant Burge is one of the past, the present, and the future. Planting their roots in the Barossa Valley in 1865, the Burges began as a family of devoted vignerons. For five generations, they spent their days toiling on the land, understanding the soil, and from it, growing grapes that would become premium wines of today.

Good rainfall in Autumn and desired sporadic rainfall through spring led to better than average fruit set. Furthermore, this filled and maintained soil moisture content all the way to summer. All this despite approximately 20% less rainfall than average.  Far cooler than average summertime temperatures led to even ripening and slow grape maturation leading to exceptional phenolic ripeness and colour. We were fortunate to avoid extreme heat events leading perfect fruit condition at time of harvest. Across all varieties, quality was lifted on the previous vintages.

Food Pairing: Beef stew, butter chicken, shepherds pie or spiced cauliflower stew.