Reserve Shiraz
McLaren Vale 2006
Inky garnet red with aromas of blackberry and chocolate, oak, tar, and tobacco, balanced by grainy tannins. Luxuriant, jammy, fruit-driven palate. Will age well.
Gold Medal, rated 4th best Shiraz
2008 Visy Great Australian Shiraz Challenge
Trophy, Best Shiraz.
2008 Australian Boutique Wine Awards
Five stars.
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Impenetrable purple, verging on black, hyper concentrated regional style swollen with bitter chocolate, blackberry and plum, a heroic Henry VIII style!"
2008 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion
94 points. Five Stars.
This new maker has two ripping Shirazes. The Reserve is concentrated, rich and ripe, but not over the top or alchol-hot; rather its chock-full of bold plum and chocolate flavours with a lick of licorice. Fruit-sweet, big and chunky.
Huon Hooke, Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine 2007
Top Aussie Red
Huon Hooke, Good Living Magazine, Sydney Morning Herald, October 2006
14.6% Alcohol by Volume