Press Reviews
2005 Gomersal Grenache, Shiraz, Mataro
By Philip White (Sept 2007)
93 Points
"Grenache and mataro from tiny bush vines (on the stoniest southern slope of the Gomersal vineyard) has been blended with low-yield shiraz from across the road from the winery to make this tough, feisty red."
"It’s extremely youthful and brash at this stage, with strapping textures, savoury, appetising tannins, and sinuous acidity, but it’ll become a genuine Barossa classic if you can bear to leave it in the cellar for up to twenty-five years. The spicy old French oak took two years to impart this intensity, and it’s all in balance, increasing its potential to age."
"In the meantime, it’ll sing very sweetly with any of the suggested foods. It’s top wine, a hundred dollars cheaper than some of its more thick-headed rivals with heavier glass and stranger names, and it’ll last many years longer than most of them. Its acidity is benchmark."
2003 Shiraz Review
2003 Shiraz Review
By Philip White from The Advertiser - Tasted (05-04-2006)
93 Points, 15.5% alcohol, Screw Cap, $18
"Baz White over-delivers the quality on every count in this fair dinkum Christmas pudding of chocolatey Barossa flavour. Masterfully made by Ben Glaetzer, it's silky smooth, sweet, rich, mellow, and just one of the amazing bargins at Baz's grand new cellar at the rambling, revamped Wonganella winery on Gomersal Rd, a few keys north of McGuigan-Simeon. Go taste."
2005 Vintage Fortified Shiraz Review
2005 Vintage Fortified Shiraz Review
By Philip White from The Advertiser - Tasted (14-06-2006)
93 Points, 18.3% alcohol, Screw Cap, $15 for 375ml
"Dark cooking chocolate, black tea, chicory, the beginnings of leather, Lord knows what you can't smell in this wicked little hand grenade. Low-yield shiraz, picked ripe, hit with the best fortifying spirit and bottled for instant gratification or the dungeon. It's an absolute tease at this price. Rich, intense and strong. Adults only."
2005 Shiraz Review
2005 Shiraz Review
By Philip White from The Independent Weekly (04-11-2006)
92 Points, 14.5% alcohol, Screw Cap, $20
"Intense and juicy, with a bouquet that jumps across the table, this underpriced juvenile is wholesome, perky and disarming. Over a faint morning hearth of slightly sooty oak there's a heap of rich, fat fruit, supported by lovely dry medium-grained tannins. As the wine ever-so-gradually recedes, its firm acidity and tannin sets the salivatories gushing, driving the drinker to tucker. And another glass. It'll last 15 years, growing smoother for the first 10."
2003 Gomersal Shiraz Review
By John McGrath from The Adelaide Review
"The pie was deftly finessed by the waitress, de-crusted and decanted into a bowl. Silver-served pie? A first for me. On the recommendation of the management (P. Caon) we tried a bottle of 2003 Gomersal Shiraz from the Barossa. By a miraculous coincidence I had tried this seldom-seen wine at the Balaklava Cup and loved it. At first sniff the Shiraz seems quite a dainty individual with the subtle fragrances of a bowl of plums and a bunch of violets. It muscles up in the mouth, however, and balances up around an incredible alcohol content of 15.5 per cent. A snip at $27.50. I haven’t seen it in bottle shops; you could call Gomersal Wines (08) 8563 3611. I have."