Craneford Shiraz John Zilm 2005 94 pts Parker

Tasting Notes

Color: Magenta Nose: Earth, spice, red berry, plum, savory and New French nuances. Palate: A mouth filling wine with style and elegance. The New French oak adds lovely soft fine grain tannins throughout, subtle oak and spice to the wine, the palate is rich in plum, blackberry, blackcurrants, mixed red berries and earth. The palate showing such style, elegance yet powerful in fruit flavors with a wonderful texture.

Food Accompaniments

Savory food, Duck and Kangaroo. Cheese with red berries.

Awards, Reviews and other Notes

94 pts The Wine Advocate Oct 2006 Issue #167
The profound 2005 Shiraz John Zilm was aged in new French and used American oak for 16 months. With an inky/blue/purple color, plenty of purity, richness, and depth as well as notes of incense, blackberries, licorice, pepper, and espresso roast, it offers great presence on the palate, lofty amounts of glycerin, and high alcohol (16%). Drink it over the next decade or more. 89 pts James Halliday 2008
Dense colour; complex licorice, prune, blackberry jam and chocolate aromas; floods the mouth as expected but, paradoxically has less apparent alcohol.

Winemaker Notes

There is no doubt the 05 vintage will prove itself to be one of the greatest. This wine has such class and will be eagerly sought after. Vines on sand are rod and spurred with a foliage wire. On loamy soil they are spurred.

Chemical Analysis

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Alcohol:15%
pH: 3.52
Total Acid: 6.99gL
Residual Sugar: 2.8gL
Free/Total Sulfur: 20 ppm

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