Deisen 'Winter Sun' Shiraz Mataro 2001/02
Deisen
This idiosyncratic winery is operated by Sabine Deisen, an artist-cum-winemaker, in her garage. That alone might not inspire much confidence in the product, but hear us out. This tiny winery is rated as a Five Star producer by James Halliday, and has produced some truly expressive bottles.
You may not have heard of Deisen before, because they shy away from marketing and produce only a very, very small amount of wine each year. Primarily, they sell their grapes to some of the Barossa's leading wineries (including Rockford) and tend their gardens in the rolling hills of the Barossa's Maranaga region.
With a passion for natural flavour and no pressure to compromise on quality to increase output, Deisen only makes wine that they love. Crafting everything by hand, Deisen is a remarkably good winery that produces tiny amounts of hugely enjoyable wines.
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Deisen wines are a tiny producer, surrounded by some of the best vineyard sites in the Barossa Valley. Stories abound of the Deisen fruit going into Rockford's basket press and also to John Duval; of old vines being pulled up as part of the vine pull and Robert O'Callaghan (from neighbour Rockford) not getting to Sabine in time to prevent this, for he knew of the quality of the fruit; of re-planting vines at Rocky's encouragement, asking Wayne Dutschke to make the wines for her, for him to encourage and mentor her through learning to do it herself
Aromas of dusty earth, dried herb; gone is the primary fruit of youth. The palate shows an unexpected lightness, there's a faint touch of red berry flavours - raspberry - and some cola cube, but it is the wine's smoothness that draws you in only to be somewhat overshadowed by the alcohol and spice on the finished.
Deisen wines are a tiny producer, surrounded by some of the best vineyard sites in the Barossa Valley. Stories abound of the Deisen fruit going into Rockford's basket press and also to John Duval; of old vines being pulled up as part of the vine pull and Robert O'Callaghan (from neighbour Rockford) not getting to Sabine in time to prevent this, for he knew of the quality of the fruit; of re-planting vines at Rocky's encouragement, asking Wayne Dutschke to make the wines for her, for him to encourage and mentor her through learning to do it herself
Aromas of dusty earth, dried herb; gone is the primary fruit of youth. The palate shows an unexpected lightness, there's a faint touch of red berry flavours - raspberry - and some cola cube, but it is the wine's smoothness that draws you in only to be somewhat overshadowed by the alcohol and spice on the finished.