

Professional Wine Reviews

Wine Advocate

Score: 93

The dense, chewy, rich, deeply-colored 2005 Shiraz is a full-bodied, ripe, intense wine. It is no wimpy wine, boasting 16% alcohol as well as stunning richness and length. Drink it over the next 7-8 years.



Wine Spectator

Score: 92

Supple, generous and nicely focused to show off its plush blueberry, plum, dusky spice and cream flavors, lingering extensively on the polished finish. Has high alcohol, but carries it well. Drink now through 2015. —Harvey Steiman,
The wine was 100% barrel fermented and aged for 14 months in 85% new oak and 15% one year old oak. 90% of the oak was American and 10% was French. The 2005 vintage is now showing deep red with a purple rim. The wine in its infancy still shows a lifted and perfumed nose with traces of red plum, blackcurrant and cracked red peppercorn. The palate with all its freshness and luxurious, velvety tannins is so rich and concentrated, yet so reserved. It is a satisfying mixture of chocolate, aniseed and smoky oak. The copious layers are incredibly tightly bound and need time and careful cellaring to unleash the full potential of this wine. It is drinking well now and will cellar for many years.




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