Teusner Avatar

SKU:2022 | Barossa Valley | Shiraz

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97 Points from James Halliday

"A blend of old-vine Grenache, Mataro and Shiraz; matured in used oak to throw all the focus on the fruits and their freshness, coupled with the second great vintage conditions in a row after ’21. Irresistible."  JAMES HALLIDAY 

"The blend percentages for Avatar might change each vintage, but the recipe doesn’t vary much. Grenache (about 50% in 2022) for spice and bright red fruits, Mataro (40%) for some savoury earthiness and depth and Shiraz (10%) for plump plum and rich black fruit. The time in oak and the choice of old seasoned oak ensures it serves only as a seasoning to add complexity and savoury nuance. With vines this old, we want the fruit and earth to speak with the clearest voice." KYM TEUSNER, WINEMAKER

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97 Points from James Halliday "A blend of old-vine Grenache, Mataro and Shiraz; matured in used oak to throw all the...
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A bottle of Teusner Avatar wine from Barossa Valley, vintage 2021. The bottle is upright with a black screw cap and a slender neck, tapering to a wider base. The label is clean and simple, predominantly white with black text. It features the brand name "Teusner" in a bold serif font at the top, a small map of Australia indicating the Barossa Valley location in the center, and the word "AVATAR" in all caps at the bottom. The background is plain white, accentuating the bottle's silhouette.

"A blend of old-vine Grenache, Mataro and Shiraz; matured in used oak to throw all the focus on the fruits and their freshness, coupled with the second great vintage conditions in a row after ’21. Irresistible."

James Halliday

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Winemaker's Notes

“Whilst Shiraz might be the poster boy for the Barossa, we believe blending it with Grenache and Mataro produces some of the best drinking wines from the region.

Thanks to our good mates the Riebke brothers and other Barossa growers whose families have stuck by these varieties for the past 100 years or more, we’re privileged to have fruit from very old vines to make our GMS blends. In 2002, our first vintage, we made one wine an unoaked GMS blend we called Joshua. With that wine selling out so quickly, 
we decided to have a crack at releasing a second wine from the vintage, a different take on the original blend and aged in old seasoned oak for 12 months. Loosely interpreted, Avatar can mean ‘transformation’ so a pretty good moniker for a wine we fondly refer to as the older brother for our Josh’.

The blend percentages for Avatar might change each vintage, but the recipe doesn’t vary much. Grenache (about 50% in 2022) for spice and bright red fruits, Mataro (40%) for some savoury earthiness and depth, Shiraz (10%) for plump plum and rich black fruit. The time in oak and the choice of old seasoned oak ensures it serves only as a seasoning to add complexity and savoury nuance. With vines this old, we want the fruit and earth to speak with the clearest voice.

KYM TEUSNER, WINEMAKER

Technical Info

Variety: Grenache | Shiraz | Mataro
Region: Barossa Valley | South Australia | Australia
Size: 750mL
Alcohol Volume: 14.5%
Standard Drinks: 8.6
PRESERVATIVE (220) ADDED
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Teusner Avatar

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