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97
/ 100
James Halliday -
96
/ 100
Huon Hooke
Red
Classification
Shiraz
Variety
2014
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
South Australia, Barossa Valley
Region
14.5%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
97 / 100"Matured for 20 months in French oak (75% new). The massive difference in most of the best Barossa Valley shirazs of today compared to the wines of 20 years ago has been the adoption of French oak (not even a mix of French and American). It freshens the flavour profile, allowing the varietal fruit expression freedom to communicate its message. That said, this wine needs a decade, if not several, to reach its peak."
- James Halliday
96 / 100
"Very deep, saturated, youthful red/purple colour, with a strongly oaked smoky/char-oak aroma, surmounting rich, ripe, smoky black fruit aromas and flavours. It's full-bodied and rich, rounded and supple of texture, with ample tannins, which are marvellously smooth and gentle. There is terrific fruit sweetness underneath. A gorgeous wine, which just needs a little time for the oak on the bouquet to mellow in."
- Huon Hooke
Tasting Notes
Deep purple red.
Lifted black plum, blackberry and blueberry with hints of earth, anise and spicy, savoury oak.
Elegant expression of rich dark fruits with some earthy savouriness and smoked meat flavours. Long and intense with excellent fruit purity and freshness, finishing with a taut backbone and persistent fine tannin structure.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity