2012年阿瑞斯马格南

COLOUR | Crimson with a pink-hued rim.

AROMA | A very tight bouquet of mint, rosehip and signature eucalyptus unfold over earthy dried herbs, dark and red cherry fruit, baking spice and roasting meats. Crushed quartz, violets, bay leaf, cold tea, sage and dark chocolate.

PALATE | Rich blackcurrant, dark plum and cherry fruits offer an immediate glimpse of the wine’s powerful structure, while layers of mint, rosehip, eucalyptus, dried herbs and crushed stone build complexity. Full-bodied and multidimensional, the palate is driven by a bright, fine acidity characteristic of the 2023 vintage. Fine, dry, talc-like tannins bring both shape and remarkable persistence, framing a broad, seamless late palate of dark fruits, mineral detail and savoury spice. The signature stony, mineral edge of Eden Valley shines through, lending definition and poise to the wine’s impressive length. Bold yet beautifully balanced, it has the structure to age gracefully for many years.

The 2023 vintage was one of the coolest, wettest and latest in Two Hands’ history. A wet winter and cold spring slowed early vine growth considerably, pushing the season several weeks behind normal before warmer conditions arrived in early summer. With a cooler ripening period ahead, yields were carefully managed and vineyard work focused on achieving healthy, open canopies and optimal fruit maturity. Harvest began in late March and continued through to 2 May, our latest finish on record. Careful picking decisions and patient winemaking proved crucial, resulting in wines of impressive quality and consistency, with excellent balance, freshness and a distinctive expression of this long, cool growing season.

WINEMAKING | Crushed & de-stemmed on the 24th of March. Fermented in 5 tonne stainless. Time on skins 10 days, pumped over 2-3 times a day. Free run and pressings were combined into tank then racked off gross lees into oak where malolactic fermentation occurred. Bottled with minimal fining and without filtration.

MATURATION | 18 months in 1-6 year with 20% new French oak, puncheons. Bottled in November the following vintage.

CLOSURE | Diam Cork
VOLUME | 750ml
VARIETAL | Shiraz
ALCOHOL (% vol.) | 14.2%
REGION | Eden Valley
SUB-REGION | Menglers Hill
VINE AGE | 19 years
ALTITUDE | 483m
AVERAGE RAINFALL | 580mm
SOIL | Shallow, skeletal grey sand loam with quartz gravel over weathered rock and yellow clay.

Wine Advocate
97 points
Erin Larkin
Published June 2026

"The 2023 Yacca Block Menglers Hill Shiraz hails from what feels like the top of the world—it's really just the top of Mengler's Hill, but the view is spectacular, offering perspective on the rest of the Barossa Valley floor and some of the Eden Valley too. The site is elevated — around 500 meters above sea level, if memory serves correctly — and windswept, and all of it becomes evident in the wine. Pink quartz and ironstone in the soils play their part too. Aromatically, the wine leads with raspberry leaf tea, fresh mint leaf and tapenade, while the palate shows a very attractive suppleness of tannin. While the wine is certainly plush, it shows an inherent minerality and rockiness, and this is perhaps one of my favorite aspects of Eden Valley — its connection to ground."