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.”