Ranked #4 of 17 1996 Shiraz from Clare Valley
95/100
5 Stars
Huon Hooke
Good depth of colour, mellow now and brick-red, the bouquet earthy, meaty, terracotta and very shirazzy. No eucalyptus. Intense and elegant in the mouth: no way is it a Clare blockbuster. Fully mature and drinking beautifully.
Tasted: 20/08/2022
Drink: 2022 to 2022
96 Points Robert Parker
The 2017 Shiraz boasts beautiful scents of vanilla-accented blackberries and raspberries on the nose. It's an intoxicating, harmonious wine, with those swirls of flavor combining on the silky-textured palate and lingering on the finish, joined by hints of espresso and dark chocolate. This is the ripest-tasting and least herbal of the estate's offerings, it's still only 13.7% alcohol. Drink 2020 - 2035.
Source: Robert Parker.
94 Points James Halliday
Medium to full purple-red; the bouquet is highly scented, with pungent earth and mint aromas. Black cherry flavours progressively appeared through the powerful, earthy and tightly knit palate; awesome tannins. Drink to 2013.
James Halliday. June, 2021