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CHRIS RINGLAND Hoffmann Vineyard Shiraz, Barossa 2015 Bottle
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CHRIS RINGLAND Hoffmann Vineyard Shiraz, Barossa 2015 Bottle
About this wine
The Hoffmann Vineyard wine is the result of close collaboration between winemaker Ringland and his friend, grape-grower Adrian Hoffmann, whose vineyard holdings occupy key sites in the Ebenezer sub-region of the northern Barossa.
"Chris Ringland is ‘an international grandmaster of Shiraz’"
- Robert Parker
The Hoffmann Vineyard Shiraz is a tête de cuvée (literally ‘head of the blend’) style.
Key parts of the vineyard, with vines between 60 and 100+ years old, are picked at different stages of ripeness, resulting in five separate two-tonne grape parcels ultimately filling 20 barrels. The final wine is a selection of the best four barrels. The annual make will never exceed 200 dozen.
It’s an ‘essence-of-Shiraz’ style – uncompromisingly rich and concentrated. The first vintage was 2006 and the wine has begun building a track record that will inevitably match that of the Barossa Ranges wine.
Right now, you need to decant it 12 hours (or more) before serving to allow the fruit to come to the fore.
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Expert Review
Angus Hughson
This 2015 Shiraz Hoffmann Vineyard comes from one of the most famous pieces of dirt in the Barossa. It offers confident and robust aromas of blackberry, mulberry, tar, roasted meats and soy sauce with a powerful oak backbone, all dusted with Middle Eastern spices. It is a beautifully evocative wine of the region and far from shy at 16% alcohol. The palate is liquid silk - a tarry woodfired mahogany experience showing a little development yet retaining overall youthful vibrancy. Tannins are pliant yet generous, so the wine is ready to enjoy now and will remain there for some time.
95 points, Vinous (March 2023)
Expert Review
Dave Brookes
If you are a connoisseur of Barossa Valley single sites, the gnarled vines of Adrian Hoffmann's Ebenezer block need no introduction. The fruit quality is superb, and this particular wine sees a whopping 68 months in new French oak. Everything is ratcheted up to 11. Fruit weight, oak influence and sheer horsepower all peaking the meters in an über-intense wine. Crème de cassis and kirsch notes, tamari, seaweed paste, Dutch licorice, high-cocoa dark chocolate, clove, cedar, pencil shavings and deep, broody earth. It's a beast with thickly packed, fine tannin and leather and mahogany tones flowing in on the finish. Give it a good decant and try it over a couple of days; it's quite an experience.
97 points, Wine Companion (July 2023)
