Cellar Door 150aud.
This wine only appears in the best vintages. This is a superb and finely crafted example of Barossa Valley Shiraz. The nose exhibits notes of chocolate, licorice, coffee beans, cassis and mocha. The oak has been expertly handled and the structure is seamless with a satiny, dense texture, leading to silky tannins. There is impeccable balance and great length to this wine. A gorgeous and stunning Shiraz with twenty years great drinking in its future. Drink to: 2025-2045; Price: $150.00; Rating: 97 Points; Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot.
Deep, dark, brooding red-purple colour; the first aromas are vegetal, suggesting some whole-bunch treatment, behind which surges blackberry and cassis, sweet and superbly ripe, with flecks of white pepper and floral nuances. The wine is full bodied but also elegant, light on its feet despite its heft, finishing with flourishes of licorice and pepper/spice, the tannins abundant but powder-fine and supple. Superb shiraz of long-term potential. Alcohol: 13.5%; Drink: 2025 to 2035; Price: $150.00; Rating: 96 Points; Huon Hooke
Fresh blackberry pastille, raspberry fruits with lovely mocha, roasted chestnut, dried roses notes. Smooth and velvety textured wine with lovely pure blackberry, raspberry fruits, fine loose knit textures, underlying roasted chestnut, marzipan notes and persistent quartz-like freshness. Builds up cedar, hint leafy firm with chinotto/ dark chocolate/ bittersweet nuances. A beautifully balanced wine with super definition, vinosity and flow. Drink to: 2026-2038; Price: $150.00; Rating: 96 Points; Andrew Caillard MW
