Campbells Bobbie Burns Rutherglen Shiraz 2021 14.5% 6x75cl (Halliday 95 points)

"95 points. You have to admire not only the value for money offered by Bobbie Burns but its outstanding ability to be good drinking in its youth and age extraordinarily well. Offers Bobbie-style upfront purple hues, fruit that sings in ripe blackberry, chocolate, a world of spice and the kind of intensity of flavour that lingers on and on. It's devoid of winemaking excess, just honest, upfront fruit off old vines nicely enhanced by discreet oak." Jenni Port (James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion)

There can’t be too many wineries that have celebrated their 150th year of family winemaking on the same patch of ground. That was the case for the Campbells family in Rutherglen, north-east Victoria, in 2020.

The 2021 vintage saw the 52nd release of the Bobbie Burns Shiraz which is still produced from the original Bobbie Burns Vineyard planted by John Campbell in 1870 and subsequently replanted with disease-resistant vines over time.

It’s deep dark red with purple hues.  The nose has real depth, almost brooding, with dark plums and blackberry perfectly integrated with the more elegant characters of black pepper and aniseed. A hint of spicy oak sits in the background.

A powerful wine, exploding with flavour of summer pudding, blackberries and spiced plums. It is full bodied and beautifully structured with layers of fine tannin and complementary characters of liquorice, ironstone and cocoa. Smooth and seamless, it is supported by subtle French oak, vibrant, silky tannins and a long finish.