Head Red GSM 2022

Winemaker Alex Head’s dream to make elegant Barossa wines began in 1999 while travelling through some of Europe’s greatest wine growing regions, along with his longheld fascination with the synergy of good wine, fine food and happy company at the table. Head Wines is all that and more.

Alex follows a traditional négociant model, an old practice where the winemaker does not grow their own grapes, instead working with a number of small growers. Around three-quarters of the grapes that end up in Head Wines’ bottles are sourced from a carefully chosen selection of these elevated Eden Valley sites. All of these vineyards are farmed sustainably using organic principles where possible; yields are controlled and grapes are hand-picked.

The GSM contains the three most important old varieties of the Barossa, creating a magical blend where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The Grenache components are sourced from up to nine different old bush-vine vineyards across the Barossa Valley and then matured in large old foudre. The Shiraz component is from the Eden Valley giving structure & dried herb aroma and the Mataro is sourced from a 60yo block in Nuriootpa on sandy soils for spice and tannin.

The all-conquering GSM blend from a variety of old-vine sites across the Barossa. Crimson and magenta flashes in the glass with pure satsuma plum, red and dark cherry and boysenberry fruits cut with hints of fine spice, citrus blossom, gingerbread, charcuterie, amaro herbs and earth. There's a sprightly freshness lifting the fruit on the palate, a few more lumens let in, finishing sapid, fruit-pure and lipsmackingly moreish. - Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion, 93 Points.

The Finer Details
Style - Red Wine
Varietal - 60% Grenache, 20% Shiraz, 20% Mataro
Country - Australia
Region - Barossa Valley, Australia
Vintage - 2022
Bottle Size - 750ml
ABV - 14.5%