2022 Hentley Farm Clos Otto Shiraz

The Clos Otto sits at the top of the Hentley Farm tree – a single-vineyard Shiraz that captures the heart of their Seppeltsfield estate. The vineyard is planted on deep red clay over limestone, producing tiny crops of intensely flavoured fruit. Everything about this wine is small-scale: hand-picked, bunch-sorted and fermented in open vats before maturing in French oak for around 20 months.

The 2022 vintage was mild and even, giving power without heat. The wine is rich but composed – layers of dark berries, cocoa and spice held in shape by fine tannins and measured oak. It's quite the ride!

Undoubtedly one of the Barossa's most compelling Shiraz wines, in sensational form.

100 points
"A great Barossa Shiraz of exceptional definition, density and resonance. Brilliant."
- Andrew Caillard MW (The Vintage Journal)