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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.1 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by SlimShaney on 10/5/2019 & rated 92 points: A good showing for this Noon but still not a patch on the wines they were making nearly a decade earlier which were far richer and mouth staining glass coating luxury. Good mid palate and marzipan theee quarter length with a wanting finish. (1678 views) | | | Tasted by Psdycp on 9/21/2019 & rated 94 points: Very fragrant and exotic bouquet, there are toasted almond and clove black chocolate, ripe raspberries and black plums, grilled meat with black pepper and lifting eucalyptus. The signature spiced chocolate and deep black fruits palate followed nicely from entry to finish with pine and leather undertones. Good acidity to keep the wine tight and fit in the porous structure. Full bodied and complex mid-palate with some hints of alcohol towards the end. The finish is extremely long and deep for close to 50 sec. Although it is ready to drink after an hour of breathing, I suspect it will continue to evolve for the next few years. Given the concentration and balance, this wine will keep for at least a decade.
Retasted in Feb 2022. Nose and palate are still bold, rich and intense. Good depth and length with powerful mid-palate and finish which went on and on. Still a young and vibrant teenager. No change in score. (1436 views) | | | Tasted by SlimShaney on 12/23/2017 & rated 89 points: After several hours breather, worse not better. Very Rhone. Concave hot paprika and sun dried meat. (2293 views) | | | Tasted by SlimShaney on 1/16/2017 & rated 91 points: Rounded polished stone marbleness. Earth extracted opal. A Cote Rotie (improved) substitute. French hermitage dried meat emerges.
Wow. Just noticed this is 97 RP. Have one bottle left. Note to self, dont open until 2023. (2645 views) | | | Tasted by SlimShaney on 6/23/2016 & rated 92 points: Based on a Noon Shiraz I enjoyed several years ago I recall this as a massive mouth coating wine. At 16% alc one would think this fits the bill but I sense a suppleness too it that challenges my view.
Even aftet a 3 hour decant the alcohol is undeniable. I have one bottle of this left and Im determined to leave it 19 years to see if this mellows. The palate is stewed incadecent violets with bitter fruit cake finish. (2900 views) | | | Tasted by SlimShaney on 2/8/2016 & rated 91 points: Complex to characterise. Technically this is a big high alc Aussie shiraz yet I sense a more earthy French almost merlot character. Intellectually perplexing; like Arthur Rimbaud writing Waltzing Matilda. (2222 views) |
| Noon Producer WebsiteNoon Shiraz ReserveGrapes for the Reserve Shiraz have been sourced from the same vineyard (the 1.6 hectare ‘20 Rows’ block in Langhorne Creek owned by the Borrett family) since the first Reserve Shiraz in 1997. Earlier bottlings of this wine; 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989 and 1987 (when my father David was the winemaker) were labelled simply as Noon’s Traditional Red.
The Noon Reserve Shiraz is a full bodied, generously flavoured wine. If you usually prefer white wines or more elegant, light-medium bodied reds then this may not be the wine for you. It may be drunk young but will certainly reward cellaring.
Note that there was no 2008 or 2011 Reserve Shiraz produced.
Food matching suggestions
Choose richly flavoured dishes such as lamb shanks or Osso Bucco to accompany young vintages. As the Noon Reserve Shiraz matures, tannins mellow and complexity builds and it becomes a good partner for a simple but high quality beef T-Bone or aged rump steak.
It is a good idea to decant this wine at least 30 minutes prior to serving (the younger the wine the longer the time). Aeration will help release the wines aromas and flavours and any sediment formed during maturation can be left behind.
Varietal composition
100% Shiraz from the ‘20 Rows’ block in Langhorne Creek, South Australia.
Winemaking
Noon Reserve Shiraz is matured in small (300 litre) French and American oak barrels for 18 months. We use approximately 30-40% new oak for this wine, with the aim of adding complexity and structure without dominating the fruit flavour.
Each year we work closely with the Borrett family to choose the ideal harvest time. Fermentation takes place in our small open vats which are hand plunged to help extract the naturally abundant colour and tannins present in the grapes.
After fermentation is complete (typically 10 to 20 days) pressing is done by hand using small manual basket presses and care is taken not to extract too much bitterness or astringency by rough handling and over-pressing.
The wine is crushed, fermented, matured and bottled on our property.
Average Production
750 – 850 dozen. Older vineyards reflect the seasons more clearly and production can vary significantly, especially in years affected by drought.
The Vineyard
The 20 Rows Shiraz block was planted in 1962 on the Langhorne Creek flood plain, which is managed to receive late winter and early spring flood water from the Bremer River assisted by a series of channels and weirs. This is a special and unique terroir which has been producing wine this way since the mid 1800’s. The vineyard area of Langhorne Creek today has expanded well outside this original flood plain and the growing conditions in the new vineyards are quite different. One could make a good argument for the appellation Langhorne Creek to be used exclusively for the historic flood plain land. The ‘20 Rows’ vines are quite low yielding for the area at around 3-4 tons/acre. They are growing on their own roots as the region is free of phylloxera. The soil in this vineyard is a deep alluvial clay loam with an almost shimmering quality about it which produces small, black-coloured and perfectly formed Shiraz berries, packed with flavour.
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