Ranked #8 of 17 1997 Shiraz from South Australia
92/100
4 Stars
Huon Hooke
Cedar, dried banana bouquet - from oak? Some dusty earthy and spicy aromas. Palate firm and tight, lots of tannin but fine ripe tannin. Lovely wine: this is a surprise packet. Very good balance and sweet fruit, a hint of raisin and prune; lovely drinking
Tasted: 25/09/2007
Drink: 2011 to 2011
89 Points James Halliday
Medium red-purple; youthful plummy fruit with some earthy/charry notes on the bouquet introduces a pleasant, indeed pretty, wine which lacks the intensity of the '96 and won't go on forever, but by any other comparison is a good wine. Drink to 2010.
James Halliday. July, 2021