Glaetzer Anaperenna Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
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Blend: 82% Shiraz, 18% Cabernet Sauvignon
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
I love what Glaetzer's inclusion of Cabernet brings to the 2017 Anaperenna Shiraz-Cabernet Sauvignon, giving it additional fragrance and length. Lifted aromas of mint, raspberries and dark chocolate mark the nose, while the full-bodied palate is rich and velvety but never heavy, framed by supple tannins that turn silky on the long, long finish. Showing great focus, energy and intensity, expect it to still be going strong in a decade.
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Decanter
My repetitious tasting note reads ‘very sexy, very flashy, demonstrative and juicy, spice and leather, very sexy, layered, delicious, forward’. With 18% Cabernet it gets a guest pass in this line-up.
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James Suckling
I like the anchoring effect of the cabernet in this blend, which really adds a central spine to the palate and brings length to the wine. Plenty of ripe dark fruit – cassis and blackberries – that really hold the finish long.
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Wine Spectator
Opens with a mouthful of perfectly ripe, thick wild blackberry and kirsch flavors, with details of white pepper, bay laurel and orange zest, plump and smooth. Offers thick but seamless tannins, revealing a touch of malt on the finish. Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink now through 2034.
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The first Glaetzers settled in the Barossa Valley in 1888 after emigrating from Brandenburg, Germany. From here, they settled in a country town called Nuriootpa in the Barossa Valley where they started their new life in Australia. The family were some of the earliest recorded viticulturalists in the Barossa Valley and Clare Valley and the current generation is firmly entrenched in the family wine business.
Winemaking patriarch Colin Glaetzer established his own label to create wines he's passionate about - limited quantities of benchmark Barossa Valley reds. The birth of Glaetzer Wines signalled a new era for Colin's family which boasts more than its fair share of winemakers. The clan includes Colin, his oenology-trained wife Judith, twin brother/winemaker John, and five winemakers among the couple's three sons and their wives.
With the 2004 vintage, Ben Glaetzer took over winemaking at Glaetzer and brought his own flagship wines, Amon Ra and Godolphin, into the fold. Young Glaetzer has implemented many changes at the winery, particularly with regard to harvesting upon physiological ripeness vs. analysis, longer skin contact and the use of the highest possible quality oak barrels.