Ranked #7 of 103 2008 Shiraz from Barossa Valley
93/100
4.5 Stars
Huon Hooke
Deep, youthful colour and bright, fresh black fruit aromas recalling blood plum and some blackberry, with a lick of garden mint. It’s sweetly ripe and warm-year tasting, with plushness and depth. Very good and just needs time. Fruit sweet and essency; excellent.
Tasted: 10/06/2014
Drink: 2016 to 2030
90 Points Robert Parker
The 2008 Shiraz has a deep garnet-purple color and medium pronounced warm blackberry and cassis notes, displaying supporting notes of baking spices, damp earth, licorice and cigar boxes. Full and densely packed with juicy fruit in the mouth, it has very high acid and a firm level of chewy tannins, finishing long. Drink this one now through 2016. Long firm level of chewy tannins.
Source: Robert Parker (Robert Parker Wine Advocate) by Lisa Perrotti-Brown. December, 2010
96 Points James Halliday
Excellent crimson-purple; a bouquet that has the same allure as a great pinot, drawing you back again repeatedly before you taste the wine; Turkey Flat nailed the '08 vintage, capturing all of its luscious black fruits without a scintilla of jam or confection; the texture of the ripe tannins is perfect, as is the oak balance. Drink to 2033.
James Halliday. July, 2021
The 2008 Shiraz has a deep garnet-purple color and medium pronounced warm blackberry and cassis notes, displaying supporting notes of baking spices, damp earth, licorice and cigar boxes. Full and densely packed with juicy fruit in the mouth, it has very high acid and a firm level of chewy tannins, finishing long. Drink this one now through 2016. Long firm level of chewy tannins.Source: Robert Parker (Wine Advocate) December, 2010 by Lisa Perrotti-Brown