Double Barrel Shiraz
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3–8 years from vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled ribeye steak, slow-roasted lamb shanks, or rich venison stew.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Jacob's Creek Double Barrel Shiraz represents a groundbreaking innovation in Australian winemaking, blending traditional viticulture with spirits maturation techniques. Crafted from premium Shiraz grapes sourced across South Australia's top wine regions, the wine undergoes a unique two-stage aging process. After initial aging in traditional French and American oak wine casks, the wine is finished in aged Scotch whisky barrels. This pioneering technique, which required years of experimentation to perfect without overpowering the fruit, utilizes the coarse grain of the whisky barrels to gently soften the Shiraz's robust tannins, yielding an incredibly smooth palate with integrated notes of toasted oak, dark cocoa, and sweet spices.
🍾 About the Producer
Jacob's Creek traces its lineage to 1847, when Bavarian immigrant Johann Gramp planted the Barossa Valley's first commercial vineyard on the alluvial flats bordering Jacob's Creek. Originally developed under the historic Orlando Wines banner, the brand officially debuted under the Jacob's Creek label in 1976 and evolved into Australia's quintessential wine export powerhouse. Headquartered at Rowland Flat, the estate benefits from a classic warm Mediterranean climate with ironstone, sandy loam, and red-brown clay soils, ideal for delivering fruit purity and velvety tannin structure. Fruit sourcing extends across Barossa, Coonawarra, and the high-altitude, windswept slopes of Eden Valley. Led by Chief Winemaker Dan Swincer, the cellar balances commercial accessibility with pedigree viticulture through sustainable, low-impact farming. While celebrated globally for its approachable Classic and Reserve varietal releases, Jacob's Creek commands critical reverence through flagship cuvées such as the mineral-etched, age-worthy Steingarten Riesling, Centenary Hill Shiraz, and the pioneering Double Barrel series aged in whiskey-seasoned casks.
🍇 Grapes
Shiraz
🍷 ABV
14.0% - 14.5%