2012 ANSTED&CO. NORTH HARCOURT VINEYARD SHIRAZ
James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion 2016
Three components: first convenitally destemmed and fermented; the second 100% whole bunches into a sealed container for 3 weeks' carbonic maceration, then open and foot-trodden for 10 days; the third as for the first except 55 days' post-fermentation maceration; matured in French oak for 14 months. Extremely complex flavours and structure. The evolution of this wine will be fascinating to watch.
Rated : 95 Points
Campbell Mattinson - www.winefront.com.au
Three parcels went into the making of this wine. One was made more or less conventionally; the second was made using 100% whole bunches; and the third spent an extended period of skins. It all saw roughly 30% new French oak. It’s a cracking wine. Powerful, plummy and peppery. Cloves, twigs, pounds of fresh blackberry and a general smokiness. Florals too. It leaps from the glass and powers through the palate. It churns with tannin.
A ripping red, complex and gutsy at once.
Rated : 95 Points
2010 ANSTED&CO. NORTH HARCOURT VINEYARD SYRAH
James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion 2014
Purple-crimson colour signals a medium- to full-bodied wine with very good mouthfeel to its blackberry and plum fruit, the tannins fine and not diminishing the almost juicy finish. 250 dozen made.
Rated : 94 Points
GARY WALSH - WWW.WINEFRONT.COM.AU
Blackberry, spice, flowers, salty Dutch liquorice, gum leaf, subtle cedar oak and that kind of ozone aroma that you might get from a hard run toy train engine *ahem* which some people, though not many admittedly, may be aware of. Generous flavour delivered via a medium bodied frame. Spice, red and black fruits, fine grained tannin and saline characters, fine cranberry acidity and flavour, then a pretty long finish. Dry and sophisticated. I’m thinking 93 or 94 points here.
Rated : 94 Points
Tasted : Jan15
Alcohol : 14%
Price : $35
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2015 - 2022
James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion 2014
Purple-crimson colour signals a medium- to full-bodied wine with very good mouthfeel to its blackberry and plum fruit, the tannins fine and not diminishing the almost juicy finish. 250 dozen made.
Rated : 94 Points
GARY WALSH - WWW.WINEFRONT.COM.AU
Blackberry, spice, flowers, salty Dutch liquorice, gum leaf, subtle cedar oak and that kind of ozone aroma that you might get from a hard run toy train engine *ahem* which some people, though not many admittedly, may be aware of. Generous flavour delivered via a medium bodied frame. Spice, red and black fruits, fine grained tannin and saline characters, fine cranberry acidity and flavour, then a pretty long finish. Dry and sophisticated. I’m thinking 93 or 94 points here.
Rated : 94 Points
Tasted : Jan15
Alcohol : 14%
Price : $35
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2015 - 2022
2012 ANSTED&CO. VARIATION NO.1 SYRAH
GARY WALSH - WWW.WINEFRONT.COM.AU
Classic medium bodied Victorian Shiraz here. It’s silky and glossy with just the right amount of fine tannin grip, lovely even acidity, flavours of plum, mixed berries, subtle gum leaf perfume, meat and peppery spice with a subtle toffeed edge. Very sure on the finish. Precise and long. The tannin brings this baby home. Impeccable, not least at the price.
Rated : 93 Points
Tasted : Sep14
Alcohol : 13.5%
Price : $20
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2014 - 2020+
GARY WALSH - WWW.WINEFRONT.COM.AU
Classic medium bodied Victorian Shiraz here. It’s silky and glossy with just the right amount of fine tannin grip, lovely even acidity, flavours of plum, mixed berries, subtle gum leaf perfume, meat and peppery spice with a subtle toffeed edge. Very sure on the finish. Precise and long. The tannin brings this baby home. Impeccable, not least at the price.
Rated : 93 Points
Tasted : Sep14
Alcohol : 13.5%
Price : $20
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2014 - 2020+