Laughing Jack Moppa Block Shiraz 2008

Shawn Kalleske makes a small number of sub-regional wines that show off the vineyards in and around Greenock Creek. This is one of his best.

Laughing Jack Moppa Block Shiraz 2008

When Shiraz is done well it offers so much to the wine drinker. The wine has vibrancy and depth of flavour with a cuddliness that you don’t get from many other varieties. The palate length is tremendous as is the acidity that bouncers around in this wine like a belly dancer on the stage. The palate is tight with the flavours of dark chocolate, blackberry jam, vanilla icing and smoked hickory marching in unison from the start to the finish.  What this wine needs is time in a cool and dark cave to allow it to open up a bit more and when it does expect a world class wine with elegance and animation to show itself.

Alcohol: 14.5%

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Rated: 92+

Drink: 2018 - 2034

Teusner Moppa Grenache 2005

Grenache is very widely planted in the Barossa but it is only starting to find its way into a stand alone wine as the initial plantings were for fortified wines.  As the popularity of that style of wine has been on the decline, it has freed up some of the best material to make its way into GSM blends and now straight varietal. The Teusner wine was bottled in magnums and released to mailing list customers and independent retailers.

Teusner Moppa Grenache 2005

On release this wine was a baller and it has settled down nicely.  The tannins are almost fully resolved with a wedge of acidity still running through the core of the wine.  The flavours are masked by the oak but the oak is so seductive I almost don't care. What flavours do come through are in the red spectrum with a bit of leather and spice but it is the heart beat of the wine that I can feel the strongest. It is pulsing through the wine and into my veins which almost makes me feel more alive.


Alcohol: 14.5%
Price: $147
Rated: 91
Drink: Now - 2020