2009 Velvet Glove

Reviews
Wine Advocate
'The 2009 Velvet Glove is 100% Shiraz matured in American oak, 97% new. Very deep garnet purple colored, it gives intense warm blackberry, choco-mint, smoked bacon and marmite-toast aromas with nuances of coffee, roasted nuts and vanilla. Floral notes of violets and potpourri emerge after a few minutes. Very rich, very crisp, concentrated and full, there’s a good backbone of firm, very fine tannins and crisp acid leading into the very long and layered finish. This is a very well balanced, structured wine that should begin to open-out with 2-3 years in bottle, drinking 2014 to 2024+.' - 97+ points, Lisa Perrotti-Brown, www.erobertparker.com

Wine Spectator
'Polished, expressive, supple and velvety, glowing brightly with blueberry, black and damson plum, with a panoply of sweet spices, all the flavors melding together with impressive integrity and persisting in a very long, complex finish. Most appealing is the deftness of the balance. Best from 2012 through 2020.' - 96 points, –Harvey Steiman, www.winespectator.com

We Love Shiraz
‘What makes the 2009 Velvet Glove Shiraz near perfect is the amazingly rich, velvety texture that has a finish that goes in your mouth for over 30 seconds. The wine has layers upon layers of rich fruit with raspberry, blackberry, plum, jam and spice seamlessly integrated with ample tannins to make this age gracefully for years to come. Anyone looking for a seductive, rich, viscous, and multi-layered Shiraz powerhouse should taste this wine.’ - 99 points, Brian Pasch, www.weloveshiraz.com

Nick’s Wine Merchants
‘An impenetrable black dark purple colour with black heart and very deep black purple hue shows remarkable colour saturation. A perfume of fresh blackberry, liquorice and confectionary hits the nose, counterpointed by a trace of blackpepper and light toasty notes. A superb sniff. The palate delivers a slow-motion explosion - liquorice, dark plum, blackberry, confectionary, vanilla, toast and spice flavours are followed by blackpepper on the back palate, all seamlessly interwoven in a complex amalgam. Decadently rich and exuberant texture with excellent acidity supporting the masses of fruit. Very fine grained, almost velvet like tannins with exceptionally long aftertaste of liquorice, blackpepper, confectionary and spice. Cellar 4-5 years (2014-2015).’ – 99 points, Nicks Wine Merchants, www.nicks.com.au

Past vintages
2007 Velvet Glove – WA 98 pts; WS 96 pts
2006 Velvet Glove – WA 99 pts; WS 97 pts