Patronus Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017

Patronus is a beautifully smooth, mellow example of the Barossa’s prized Shiraz from a vineyard tended by the same family for six generations. We initially featured a luscious Grenache Shiraz Mataro from this family, and it flew from our cellars. So when our Buyer got wind of a special single vineyard Shiraz from the same tip-top source, he was on to it like a shot. Shiraz is very much the hero of Australia’s Barossa Valley. Aussie winemaking legend Peter Lehmann once said “When God created Shiraz, he did so with the Barossa in mind.” Patronus comes from a plot of old vines where the amount of fruit is miserly, but the quality is lavish. The beautifully rounded 2017 has ripe black fruit with a rich wrap of mellow oak. A great steak red.