Ranked #8 of 144 2012 Shiraz from Barossa Valley
95/100
5 Stars
Huon Hooke
Deep, bright, red/purple colour; very good, and the bouquet is superbly fresh and clean, bright and youthful, with plum and raspberry, dark cherry and spice notes, very much a fruit-driven and primary style, but not strident or simplistically raw-fruity. Same in the mouth: a very intense, bright, full-bodied wine of real purity, poise and harmony. The best Turkey Flat shiraz so far.
Tasted: 10/06/2014
Drink: 2022 to 2042
96 Points James Halliday
Deep colour; the backbone of this wine comes from the vines planted in 1847 on the Bethany Road Vineyard, some of the oldest shiraz vines in the world; French oak was used at the end of the fermentation and subsequent maturation; everything it should be from '12, with layers of black fruits, licorice, tannins and cedary oak. Drink to 2042.
-. July, 2021