Jasper Hill - Georgia's Paddock Shiraz - 2009

Powerful wine. Loud fruit flavours of blackberry and cranberry. These flavours have a lovely juiciness though, adding freshness to what is a rich, uncompromising style. There are subtle signs of spice and clove and smoky, cedar-like oak. It’s a very pure, clean, precise wine – I under-rated it at first, but with some air the detail and precision of the finish, in particular, came to impress me. I would not be surprised if this deserves a higher rating in time. 94+ Points/Drink 2014-2022 - Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front Very deep purple-black in color, the 2009 Georgia's Paddock Shiraz gives expressive gamey / savory notes, revealing aromas of peppered pigeon breast, coffee beans, smoky bacon, black truffles and black olives over creme de cassis and loam. Medium-full bodied, it is tautly structured with high acid and firm, chewy tannins, possessing muscular flesh and a long earthy finish. 94+ Points/Drink 2013-2023+ - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Advocate