Utopos is a project that came to be by chance, everything just seemed to fall inot place at the right time. Kym Teusner has been making wine in Barossa for some time now cutting his teeth with both Torbreck and Rolph Binder at Veritas before embarking on Teusner wines in the early oughts to some acclaim.

When a friend from the city wanted to invest in a vineyard, Kym not only found him a vineyard, he found the vineyard he coveted most and just could not pass it up. Where Marananga and Greenock collide sits Utopos, planted in the mid 70's to the regions classics on poor soils that Kym crafts distinctly Barossan reds from estate fruit only, capturing depth and intensity with a deft hand and mineral freshness.

Cabernet Shiraz is a all time classic Australia blend that Kym has long been a fan of. Here he takes fruit from his best parcels to produce a cAbernet predominant wine (70%) to really show the fineness of the fruit and the glory that was the 2021 vintage. The balance and focus of the cabernet and the fine tannins there in wrapped in the lush nature of the shiraz with baked earth, coffee grounds and cocoa, whilst some eucalypt lihgtly runs through the layers of red fruits. Put through a number of 2nd and 3rd use oak formats this is a snapshot of the best the season gave to Kym and handled really quite beautifully.