Glaetzer Bishop Barossa Valley red wine vegan wine dry Australia (6 x 0.75l)

• STORY: Glaetzer Bishop Shiraz is exactly what wine lovers imagine when it comes to a powerful Australian Shiraz. Ben Glaetzer produces it from fully ripe grapes from 35-120 year old vines, whose aroma concentration is gigantic. He turns it into a wine with a bouquet of blueberries and cedars that is fabulously fruity, incredibly soft, highly elegant and, thanks to gentle tannins, is wonderfully accessible even at a young age.

• AGEING: 16 months in a combination of new (40%) and used (60%) Hogshead oak casks (90% French, 10% American)

• AROMA: Blueberry and cedar in the bouquet.

• RATING: A wonderfully fruity concentration of aromas on the palate, soft and highly elegant, gentle tannins on the finish

• SERVING RECOMMENDATION: with grilled and roasted meat and hearty ragouts

Glaetzer Bishop Shiraz is exactly what wine lovers expect from a powerful Australian Shiraz. Ben Glaetzer produces it from fully ripe grapes from 35-120 year old vines, whose aroma concentration is gigantic. He turns it into a wine with a bouquet of blueberries and cedars that is fabulously fruity, incredibly soft, highly elegant and, thanks to gentle tannins, is wonderfully accessible even at a young age. An extraordinary pleasure! The Glaetzers are among the oldest wine-growing families in Australia. They arrived in Adelaide on a steamship from Hamburg in 1888 and settled in the fertile Barossa Valley. As Brandenburgers, viticulture was as foreign to them as their new homeland - but it seemed just as promising to them. With courage, energy and plenty of pioneering spirit, they laid the foundation for what is now a legendary family business. The current head of the family is called Colin Glaetzer and is one of Australia's most famous winemakers. He did an enormous amount for the viticulture of his homeland, but even more for the continued existence of the Glaetzer wine dynasty. Colin's wife Judith was a trained oenologist. So are his three sons. And even two of her wives. After three decades as a winemaker in major Australian wineries, Colin decided in 1995, at the peak of his career, to found his own winery in order to devote himself to the small, the ultimate fine. Super premium wines with a distinctive terroir character in strictly limited quantities are the impressive result. While Colin was still responsible for the first vintages himself, today his son Ben makes the excellent wines. Ben is one of Australia's most talented winemakers, co-founder of Heartland Wines and former co-owner of Mitolo Wines. The best Shiraz wines come from the famous Barossa vineyard, Ebenezer, and are harvested from vines that are up to 130 years old. Yield levels are homeopathic.