2003 Shaw + Smith Shiraz Reviews
HUON HOOKE AND RALPH KYTE-POWELL
BEST RED WINE AND BEST SHIRAZ
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Penguin Wine Guide 2006
HUON HOOKE
“An outstanding cool-area shiraz…The texture is silky smooth, the palate medium-full bodied and beautifully balanced.”
Good Living, The Sydney Morning Herald, May 10 2005
WINE AND SPIRITS MAGAZINE, (USA)
92 points
“It reflects an international sensibility rather than an international style”
December 2005 – World’s Top 100 wineries
WINE INTERNATIONAL (UK)
“This has a meat juice and Bourbon vanilla bouquet. The full-bodied palate has juicy black plums and spice.”
JANE MACQUITTY
“Stylish wine, stylish label. …a wonderful, ripe, briary, velvety shiraz with lots of fruit to the fore.”
The Times Magazine (UK), Top 100 Festive Wines
CORNWALL TODAY
“…the best Australian Shiraz I’ve tasted.”
WINE AND SPIRITS MAGAZINE, (USA)
“Elegant enough to drink young, this will only gain structure with age.”
October 2005
WINE ENTHUSIAST
88 points
“Enjoyable, with likeable flavors of raspberry and blackberry, and a smooth
medium-full mouthfeel …very good.”
Buyer ratings, August 2005
WINE SPECTATOR INSIDER
91 points
“This cool climate Shiraz is bright and jazzy, with black pepper and
mineral aromas and flavors weaving through blackberry and licorice core
wrapped with fine-grained tannins.”