Ranked #95 of 332 2008 Shiraz from South Australia
96/100
5 Stars
Bob Campbell
10% Cabernet. Fine, dense and powerful red with a great texture. Dark fruits, spice, black pepper, liquorice and deliciously sweet fruit with a drying edge. Supremely elegant wine.
Tasted: 23/02/2012
Drink: N/A
94 Points James Halliday
Deep magenta, purple hue; a saturated black fruit wine lies in waiting with a veritable cornucopia of spice and liqueur soaked plums; the ample fine-grained tannins and fresh acidity provide light to the fruit shade; long, sweet-fruited and generous. Shiraz. Drink to 2025.
Ben Edwards. July, 2021
95 Points Tyson Stelzer
There is an immediacy to the vibrant and ripe fruit core of 2008 St Henri that makes it particularly enticing. The finest vintage since 2005 may prove to rank among the greats, certainly for the enjoyment it affords in the medium-term, even if it doesn’t qualify among the longest-lived. Hints of soy and dark chocolate, balsamic and black olives linger with great presence and persistence. Tannins are admirably fine, yet in no way timid, providing great structural assuredness and textural definition. 91% shiraz and 9% cabernet from Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Langhorne Creek, Adelaide Hills, Wrattonbully and Clare Valley, vinified exclusively in large 1500L vats more than fifty years of age. Drink 2018 - 2028.
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