Ponting Milestone 127 Barossa Shiraz 2022

“Love and wine can be a potent combination - just ask champion cricketer Ricky Ponting.” John Lehmann, The Australian. On Ricky’s first date with his future wife, Rianna, he bought a bottle of Leeuwin Estate’s Art series Chardonnay, they’ve now not only been married for 22 years but have set up a very serious wine business, working with winemaking veteran Ben Riggs and wine marketer David Krenich. And as Ricky says, the husband and wife “are in on every detail”. It’s no gimmick, the wine is seriously good. As Ben says: “I will never make anything less than a high-quality wine with the Ponting name on it – that’s a promise.” This fine, Gold-winning Shiraz "Featuring fruit from a 116-year-old Barossa vineyard" is a treat. "... you’ll be welcomed by aromas of blackberries, plums, milk chocolate, vanilla and baking spices. Classically generous and ripe Barossa palate, with well integrated tannins driving to long fresh finish. As handsome as a Ponting cover drive" (John Lehmann, The Australian).