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TASTING AND DISCUSSING BAROSSA’S 2018 AND 2019 VINTAGES WITH TARRAWATTA’S CRAIG ISBEL

TASTING AND DISCUSSING BAROSSA’S 2018 AND 2019 VINTAGES WITH TARRAWATTA’S CRAIG ISBEL

FromThe James Suckling Wine Podcast


TASTING AND DISCUSSING BAROSSA’S 2018 AND 2019 VINTAGES WITH TARRAWATTA’S CRAIG ISBEL

FromThe James Suckling Wine Podcast

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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Feb 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

James asks Craig Isbel, the winemaker at Tarrawatta in the Barossa Valley, how the 2018 and 2019 vintages compare.Craig said '18 had classic, cool conditions in the Barossa, "and so we could pick and choose when we picked, so we had the opportunity to be nice and patient. It was a great year." There was more pressure on for the '19, he said. "We had some frost in September; we had some quite cool conditions through winter, but it was quite dry, and then we experienced some really hot, windy conditions through November ... and that knocked the flowering around, so quite low yields in 2019."As a result, the 2019s have "brighter, floral characters, quite a bit riper fruit, so probably more expressive and a little bit more impressive as young wines... I think the '18s have the structure and they've got that sort of darker kind of look to them; a little more subtle and a little more closed up  as young wines and then they'll continue to evolve and probably end up being the better wines down the track."
Released:
Feb 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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This is the podcast of James Suckling, international wine critic with 40 years of experience tasting, critiquing and loving wine! We focus on the great wines of the world including Italy, Bordeaux, Champagne, Australia, New Zealand, California, Chile, and Argentina, but are always open to and looking for surprises. We taste and review thousands of wines each year - 25,000 in 2019 alone! - and meet hundreds of the world's best winemakers along that journey. That's where this podcast comes in - a place to access my conversations with these titans of the wine world, and also my own tasting team as we travel the world to taste amazing wines. I hope you enjoy these podcasts - head to jamessuckling.com for even more reports, videos and articles about how to enjoy wine.