Schwarz Meta Shiraz | six-pack

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95 points, David Sly, Decanter Magazine. “A lean perfume shoots straight through the flinty minerality of this slinky young model, being carefree and sashaying with confidence and poise. Deliberately lean and pouty, this has a luscious whole-bunch affected entry, bringing lifted violets and wine gum jubes, before crunchy red fruits bite through the blackberry core. Lots going on, and it persists, thanks to a clean, lean acid line. Drink it now.”

The first parcel of Meta Shiraz was picked up on March 3rd from the Barossa Valley, with the last parcel from Eden Valley picked up on April 6th. The fruit comes from seven different Subregions around the Barossa, from ten different growers.

Each parcel was picked according to desired ripeness and was processed separately in small open-top fermenters using wild yeast. 9% of the fermentations had whole-bunch fruit used to add complexity and structure to the finished wine. Once the different parcels had finished fermentation they were pressed to tank then transferred to French oak puncheons and hogs head barrels (18% of the oak used was new) where they matured until final blending in February 2023.

Vintage: 2022

Grape Variety: Shiraz

Region: Barossa Valley - Stone Well, Light Pass, Vine Vale, & Eden Valley

The Schwarz family most definitely qualifies as ‘local’ in a Barossa sense. Five generations as residents, then two as grape growers, and now Jason Schwarz as a first-generation winemaker.

Convincing his father to part with a small parcel of Shiraz from their Nitschke Block Vineyard in the 2001 vintage, followed by Grenache from the Thiele Road Vineyard in 2002 Schwarz Wine Co. was up and running.

These venerable vineyards remain the backbone of the winery, but this small family wine business has grown as Jason has established relationships with some of the Barossa’s finest grape growers. 

Jason’s view is that their hard work and dedication to their craft makes his job in the winery, with his approach very much one of a delicate hand, guiding the grapes on their journey from vineyard to glass whilst retaining as much flavour purity and sense of place as possible.