Callum Powell knows a thing or two about shiraz and the Barossa. Steping away from Powell & Son a few years ago has allowed him to to really drill down and focus on his Agricola label. Sourcing fruit from a number of sites and bottling them as individual expressions is the name of the game here.

Unlike the wines of his father which are intense, brooding and of an epic scale, Callum has crafted a set of wines that take all the knowledge, skill and fastidiousness that he has learnt from him and interpreted them in such a way that this excellent wine will make shiraz fans both old and new salivate.

This is a new wine from Callum, one of two in this release, which is a blend of some top shelf sites: Hoffmann Dallwitz, Dimchurch Home Old as well as the Asbroek Kalimna Old Vines material as well. 

Whilst this has an intensity and is deeply concentrated, once again Callum pulls off the trick of bringing a freshness to his interpretation of these old and storied vineyards. Bush herbs and a crushed rock minerality  ebb and flow through the core of ripe fruits, spice and tilled earth that is intertwined with roasting meats, chocolate and black olive. Supple flesh, great tannin that has an openness to its weave yet knits it all together in a  super smart fashion.

Super smart now, but will unfurl so nicely with some years in the cellar.