2009 St Hugo Shiraz McLaren Vale

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 90 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Pinot luva's profile
  • Report Issue

  7/20/2013 - Pinot luva Likes this wine: 90 Points

  The nose is med intense of oak, blackberries, blackcurrants, blueberries with hints of raspberries.
  The palate is rich, but not as rich as you would expect from a Barossa Shiraz. The flavours were predominantly dark berries with abundant oak flavours. Smooth tannins, well rounded, nice acid, med to full body. Length was pretty good but not fantastic. A rich and reasonably concentrated wine dominated by dark fruits and abundant oak. Ticks all the boxes but isn't amazing.

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

• Options

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

  2/17/2012 - graemeg wrote:

  2012 Sydney Royal Wine Show - Exhibitor's Tasting (Olympic Park, Homebush): Bronze medal. {screwcap} ‘Line extensions’ are doubtless a big subject at marketing school, but thery’re a bitch in the world of wine. You don’t expect to see ‘St Hugo’ on a Barossa shiraz… Sigh. A youthful chocolate and red jam nose. A smoky, spicy, jammy FULL-bodied palate, with loads of powdery tannins, warmth, oak, alcohol. More of everything. Medium length finish. Less is more if you ask me, but not here. Too much is never enough, apparently. Leave for a long time maybe and hope it’ll soften out without collapsing, or in my case, don’t buy it to start with. Does this mean that the Orlando/Jacob’s Centenary Hill Barossa shiraz is dead?

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

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.