Ranked #3 of 27 2009 Shiraz from Margaret River
92/100
4 Stars
Huon Hooke
Medium-full purple-red. Very good colour. Lovely spicy and floral aromas, fragrant and detailed. Medium-full bodied and elegant. Soft fine tannins; very drinkable. Could reward cellaring, too.
Tasted: 07/07/2011
Drink: 2011 to 2024
94 Points James Halliday
Excellent crimson-purple; a carefully shaped wine that respects and protects the cool-grown, early picked shiraz fruit characters, with as much red as black berries; fine tannins and integrated French oak. Drink to 2020.
-. August, 2022
96 Points Tyson Stelzer
Rob Mann is a Jedi Master of structure. Here, for the first time, is the proof that his craft transcends the known universe of cabernet. This fortified death star of tannin demands at least a decade for its defences to come down, so don’t even dream of invading yet. Drink 2019 - 2029.
Source: Tyson Stelzer. June, 2011