2019 Meshach Shiraz, Grant Burge
Barossa Valley, Australia
The Midnight Crown of Barossa
This is Meshach in a darker, more brooding register: dense, dramatic and built with serious intent. The nose is saturated with blackberry, dark plum, mulberry and black cherry, layered with cedary oak, dark cocoa, vanilla, roasted chestnut, clove and black pepper. It is unmistakably Barossa, but with the polish and authority of a true icon wine.
The palate is rich, layered and muscular, with dense black fruits driving through the middle and powdery tannins giving shape, grip and length. There is plenty of oak, but it sits inside the wine rather than on top of it, adding cedar, spice and chocolate to the fruit’s natural force. This is still youthful, with a long future ahead, but already delivers the full Meshach experience: power, polish, old-vine depth and a finish that refuses to hurry. Drink now to 2050
For when you want Barossa Shiraz with ceremony, confidence and cellar-worthy grandeur.
Pairs with wagyu scotch fillet, dry-aged ribeye, slow-cooked short rib, lamb shoulder with rosemary, venison haunch, strong hard cheeses, or smoky aubergine.
If this wine were… a night sky, it would be moonless, star-filled and impossibly deep.
Grant Burge Wines is one of the Barossa’s benchmark producers, combining family heritage, old-vine resources and a generous house style that has become deeply associated with the region. The Burge family’s story reaches back to the 1800s, while Meshach sits within the estate’s Icons range as its great Shiraz statement. The 2019 release is Barossa Valley Shiraz, listed by the producer as part of the Grant Burge Icons range, with the depth, structure and cellaring capacity expected of the estate’s flagship red.
Whats in the bottle
100% Shiraz
Notable Awards
Halliday Wine Companion: 95 points