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Distinguished Sites

Barossa Valley

Paradox Shiraz

Shiraz 2024

$50
750mL Bottle
As you might expect from its name, the Paradox Shiraz is not what you would expect from a wine from the warmest parts of the northern Barossa Valley. It's a softer, more gentle, velvet-like and savoury style of wine.
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As you might expect from its name, the Paradox Shiraz is not what you would expect from a wine from the warmest parts of the northern Barossa Valley. It's a softer, more gentle, velvet-like and savoury style of wine.
Tasting Note Deep crimson in colour with a vibrant purple hue. Earthy tones and brown spice aromas are followed by mocha and dark berries, particularly boysenberry. Complex, savoury notes including ironstone add depth and intrigue with subtle, purple florals. The palate is medium to full-bodied, carrying both richness and restraint. It is distinctly savoury in style, framed by suede-like tannins that are fine, supple, and textural. Red berry flavours of cranberry and raspberry with deeper nuances of dark chocolate and savoury notes. lead to the balanced and structured finish.
Terroir The northern area of the Barossa Valley has some of the oldest landscapes in the Barossa, with bed rocks forming the famous soils in which the grape vines grow. It is also one of the early grape growing areas of the Barossa, with many generational growers who are both traditional and attuned to the needs of making their vineyards sustainable with modern viticultural thinking.
Treatment The Shiraz grapes are picked earlier than most in the region, for spicier flavours, softer mouthfeel and slightly lower alcohol percentage. Matured for 16 months in French oak puncheons, 15% new.

Accolades

Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2026

Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2026

Can a Shiraz flavour profile pull in two directions simultaneously, without seeming contrived or out of balance? Paradox achieves this trick by combining fruit from warmer northern Barossa sites with gentle handling in the winery, retaining great acidity to amplify freshness of lively plum and cassis with a lick of olive tapenade, but without sacrificing rich purple colour or a generous, creamy mouthfeel in an expressive mid-palate. The stern black tannins come as a surprise, snapping vigorously at the conclusion, which suggests it will look better after several years in the cellar.
David Sly
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