2010 Glaetzer Shiraz Amon-Ra Barossa Valley

Community Tasting Notes (51) Avg Score: 93.3 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View AussieRoddy's profile
  • Report Issue

  12/25/2022 - AussieRoddy wrote: 94 Points

  What a monster this wine is. Huge flavors of dark fruit and chocolate. Age has rounded it out, drinking perfectly right now, with more to come. I am looking for more, great stuff.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Maverickmel's profile
  • Report Issue

  5/23/2022 - Maverickmel Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Wow.
  Just wow.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View forceberry's profile
  • Report Issue

  1/27/2022 - forceberry wrote: 94 Points

  100% old-vine Shiraz from 50-130 yo vineyards in the Ebenezer sub-district. Fermented in open-top fermentors, aged for 16 months in new oak barrels (95% French, 5% American). Bottled unfiltered. 15,1% alcohol. Tasted in a 2015-2002 Amon-Ra vertical.
  
  Very dense, concentrated and fully opaque reddish-black color with a slightly evolved maroon hue. At first the nose feels a bit restrained for an Amon-Ra, but opens up to reveal a bit light yet wonderfully layered aromas of ripe blackberries and black cherries, some minty tones, a little bit of wizened red fruit, light evolved meaty tones, a hint of bouillon and a touch of savory wood spice. On the palate the wine feels remarkably concentrated, extracted and chewy - even for an Amon-Ra! - with a very full body and intense flavors of peppery spice and licorice root, ripe blackberries, some extracted woody bitterness, light gamey tones, a little bit of smoke, a hint of ripe yet not sweet plummy fruit and lifting touch of eucalyptus. Although the acidity feels high, for the most part it gets quite overwhelmed by the substantial body, so a lot of the structure relies on the ample yet very ripe and powdery tannins the bring a lot of ripeness but limited grip to the palate. The powerful finish is long, chewy and slightly warm with intense flavors of peppery spice, ripe black cherries, some extracted woody bitterness, a little bit of gamey meat, light notes of tar, a hint of sour cherry and a touch of licorice root.
  
  A concentrated, powerful and very impressive vintage of Amon-Ra that feels more youthful than its similarly aged peers. Furthermore, the wine has integrated its oak character remarkably well, so the emphasis is almost fully on the ripe yet surprisingly dry and savory old-vine fruit. Although the wine is quite structure-driven, it isn't too tightly-knit but instead very approachable already - although, based on its youthful nature, I'd say this wine will reward greatly if left in a cellar to age further. In our vertical tasting one person found the wine disagreeably "rubbery", but for all other attendees this was the WotN (along with the superb 2002 vintage). All in all, an outstanding vintage of Amon-Ra that most likely will outlive many other surrounding Amon-Ra vintages. Not particularly affordable at approx. 70€, but delivers for the price.

  3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View johnnyo's profile
  • Report Issue

  12/5/2021 - johnnyo wrote:

  Kim said it was excellent.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View johnnyo's profile
  • Report Issue

  10/22/2021 - johnnyo wrote: 93 Points

  Outstanding wine! Rich, layered with black cherry, blackberry, dark coco, baking spices. plush mouthfeel with a long crisp finish.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 51 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.