Grape Varieties: 100% Syrah
Country: Australia
Region: South Australia
Sub-Region: Limestone Coast
Appellation: Padthaway
93 Points Robert Parker!!! "From a
cooler climate sector of Padthaway, the 2004 Shiraz Reserve is an elegant, soft, complex effort revealing Southern
Rhone-like aromas of garrigue, ground pepper, and spice box interwoven with blackberries, cassis, sweet
cherries, and herbal undertones. This wild, rich, heady Shiraz tips the scales at 16% alcohol. Drink this
provocative, undeniably pleasurable 2004 over the next 7-8 years."
DRINK: 2009 - 2014
Padthaway is part of the Limestone Coast in the South East of South Australia. Identified as ideal for
viticulture, the first vines were planted in 1964 and is now renowned for its world class wines. The region enjoys
good winter rains and mild, sunny summers that combine with terra-rossa soils over limestone to consistently
produce intense ripe fruit flavors with good structure.
The Henry's Drive Reserve Shiraz is sourced from a single vineyard. This Reserve block is slightly elevated,
situated on a hillside surrounded by towering eucalyptus. The soil is sandy loam interspersed with limestone
outcrops - perfect for producing fruit of the highest calibre.