Hentley Farm, Shiraz Vintage:2004

Hentley Farm, Shiraz Vintage:2004Revealing a cooler climate style, the 2004 Shiraz reveals abundant richness, but more nuances as well as a more streamlined character, which Europhiles will find more palatable than the bigger than life 2003. The 2004 should drink well young, yet age nicely for 10 12 years. This red is a concentrated, full throttle effort representing a classic example of Barossa winemaking, and, like so many Australian and New Zealand wines, it is finished with a

A beautifully bright and expressive Champagne

There is excellent detail and precision to the intense middleweight flavors that are shaped by relatively refined tannins on the youthfully austere and sneaky long finale

(from 90+ year old vines that are worked by horse)

(from 15+ year old vines)

polished and balanced with lovely soft acidity

40% Pinot Noir and 9% Pinot Meunier

earth and a floral top note

Low yields

85% Tempranillo

and this is something I often recognize in warm-vintage Brunello

Based on these three wines

beautiful golden-fruit aromas slowly unfurl