Wine Advocate 99 points!
Wine Advocate 99 points!"The Wine is presumably the vinous equivalent of The Band. Qualitatively they have much in common, competing at the summit of their respective categories. The Wine features a bar code for a label. It is a barrel selection as well as a vineyard block selection from the renowned Hoffman Vineyard in the Ebenezer sub-region of the Barossa Valley. There are 200 cases of the 2004 Shiraz which was sourced from 40- to 80-year-old vines and aged for 36 months in French barriques and hogsheads. It offers up a super expressive nose of toasty oak, smoke, pencil lead, truffle, blueberry, and blackberry liqueur with hints of licorice and chocolate in the background. Full-bodied and voluptuous, this powerful wine has gobs of spicy black fruits, notes of dark chocolate, well-concealed tannins, and a very long, pure finish. While it can be enjoyed now with a 40-day dry-aged prime rib-eye, it will easily keep for 25 years."
Jay Miller, Wine Advocate # 173 Oct 2007
"Blend: 100% Shiraz
Alc/vol: 16.3%
Age of vines: 40-80 years old
Yield: 1.5 tonnes per acre
Wood Treatment: Radoux, Remond, Francios Freres, St. Jacques, Bertomaeu and A.P.J. Coopers French oak Hogsheads and Barriques, 36 months.
Vintage comments: Classic Barossa vintage. Average yields from a mild to warm ripening season."
R wines
Country:
Australia
Region:
SA- Barossa Valley
Variety:
Wine Red - Shiraz
Size:
750mL
