Elegant but full flavoured. A great cool climate shriraz that is drinking beautifully (suspect at its peak).
Fully integrated tannins after a 2hr decant, the bouquet has dark fruits but isn’t huge. The pallate is big but not flabby (like some warm climate shirazes can be) with just a tad of restraint evident to deliver a truely enjoyable wine.
Although I love my big warm climate shirazes with a good dose of French oak, I truely appreciate the delicate (but still powerful) cool climate shiraz that this is.
I should buy more and lay them down as this was the last bottle of 2 (the other was a 2008 which was slightly past its peak). My advice if you have this - drink up and don’t risk it. It’s gorgeous.
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4/29/2024 - EK Wine Cellar Likes this wine: 94 Points
Black and red fruits, tobacco, tannins are soft. Drinking very well now, could cellar for another 5+ years. Great value shiraz
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5/30/2023 - colinscellar Likes this wine: 93 Points
Tasted blind at an Options night. Textbook cool climate Victorian Shiraz with slightly cordialled raspberry and freshening white pepper and fennel.
Really over-delivers for its price point. Very fresh, so should have years to go, but it's gorgeous now so I'm not sure there's a benefit to waiting.
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1/15/2023 - BigfootPMH Likes this wine: 93 Points
Elegant but full flavoured. A great cool climate shriraz that is drinking beautifully (suspect at its peak).
Fully integrated tannins after a 2hr decant, the bouquet has dark fruits but isn’t huge. The pallate is big but not flabby (like some warm climate shirazes can be) with just a tad of restraint evident to deliver a truely enjoyable wine.
Although I love my big warm climate shirazes with a good dose of French oak, I truely appreciate the delicate (but still powerful) cool climate shiraz that this is.
I should buy more and lay them down as this was the last bottle of 2 (the other was a 2008 which was slightly past its peak).
My advice if you have this - drink up and don’t risk it. It’s gorgeous.
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3/20/2020 - Booth_80 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Beautifully fragrant wine with lifted notes of violets, black cherries, stewed plums and white pepper.
Tannins are integrated, soft and silken, almost pinot-esque.
Seamless length and restrained weight. Harmonious balance.
Beautiful wine in its prime
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9/3/2019 - maxima wrote: 89 Points
Rond, velouté et satiné.
C'est pas mal ça avec des fruits noirs et une finale
longue et épicée!
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