Chateau Leamon - Reserve Shiraz 1997 (750ml) India

Chateau Leamon - Reserve Shiraz 1997 (750ml) IndiaCritical Acclaim 94 points James Halliday Full red purple; wonderfully rich, sweet and juicy licorice, black cherry and sweet oak flood the bouquet. The palate is redolent of licorice and cherry fruit supported by high toned clove spice American oak. A show stopper style which has been wonderfully handled. 90 points Robert Parker The 1997 Shiraz Reserve is made from the estate's oldest vines, this wine was aged in 100% new oak, and achieved a whopping

orange zest and sea spray-equal parts elegance freshness and confident force

Henriot Millésime

ripe red fruits at the forefront

with black raspberry and tobacco flavors lifted by minerality

This extremely premium and rare offering has been 11 years in the making

An incredibly complex Crémant

smooth texture is a perfect foil for flavors of cherry-vanilla gelato flecked with dark chocolate chips

VINIFICATION AND REFINEMENT

The vineyard was planted in 2000

Some of my concerns about too much brett in previous vintages are long gone as the purity of the 2009 jumps out

and balanced with extremely fine acidity and ultra-mature

This delivers some serious fruit firepower