Johnno’s Shiraz
Reviews
98 Points | Nick Stock, jamessuckling.com
Just bursting with intense, fresh red plums, blueberries, red cherries and some stone fruit, as well as dried flowers and pot pourri. The palate has such powerful, pure and focused red berries and plums with lacy elegance. Mouthwatering freshness here. A stunning follow-up to the 2018, this is from a parcel planted in 1908 in sandy soil. (Nov 2020)
96+ Points | Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
Woody spice, game meat, cranberry notes and mulberry fruitiness and pecan. Glassy and glossy in texture, more of the cranberry spectrum flavours, exceptional length, a bit more darker fruit character in the mix. It’s A-grade, top class, high end red no doubt. One for a long, long time away. (Apr 2021)
97 Points | Simon Curkovic, Wine Pilot
The 2019 shows more notes of fresh but ripe blackberries, raspberries and cherries. There is more spice from pepper, cardamon, clove and cinnamon with a hint of black olive and then a fine line of subtle rose and tulip. The palate once again is a tour de force in a medium frame, with restrained alcohol and no hint of heat, with a greater line of fine tannin and balanced acidity. Again, this wine would cellar easily, and arguably for a longer period, again the caveat of it lasting long enough given its tiny scale of production. A stunner. (Apr 2021)