Glaetzer Amon-Ra Shiraz 2022

94 POINTS - Campbell Mattinson, The Winefront Jun 2026
"It tastes purple, it tastes black, it feels creamy, it feels intense. This is a warm, concentrated wine with sweet plum, kirsch, clove and aromatic herb notes threaded through with violets, cedar-cream, dark chocolate and oak-spice. Layers of tannin press on the finish, though the fruit continues to flow and to carry onwards. It’s the full box and dice and it’s a good version thereof."

96 POINTS - Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion Feb 2026
"Jeez, the Amon-Ra is in fine form with this release. There’s the sense of compression and fruit density that you’d expect from Ebenezer-born fruit, but there is detail and freshness to its form. Nothing is overbearing or blown out; everything is nicely in balance. Glossy blackberry, blueberry and damson plum fruit with hints of baking spices, earth, fruitcake, dark chocolate bullets, wood spice, pan juices, violets and vanillin oak. Full bodied and purely fruited, with a swell of fine, powdery tannins and a finish that stretches out beautifully. Very nicely done indeed!"

WINEMAKING
Drawn from exceptional old vines in the renowned Ebenezer sub-district at the northern tip of the Barossa Valley, this wine comes from vines between 50 and 130 years of age, producing naturally tiny yields of around two tonnes per hectare. Fermented in small open fermenters with hand plunging three times daily, the wine was matured for 16 months in 100% new hogsheads (95% French and 5% American oak) on lees before being bottled unfiltered, preserving its texture, vitality and natural character.

TASTING NOTE
Opaque purple with a deep ruby rim, the nose is richly expressive with layers of blackberry, blueberry, plum and raspberry complemented by black pepper and sweet cinnamon spice. The palate is generous and powerful, filling the mouth with concentrated dark berry fruit while subtle herbal and spice notes emerge with time in the glass. Dense yet beautifully composed, it combines richness with refinement, finishing long, persistent and effortlessly balanced—a wine with the structure and depth to reward decades in the cellar.- Ben Glaetzer