Winemaker Notes
The 2020 Henry’s Drive Shiraz has a beautiful bouquet of violets and mulberries. The palate is bright, with flavors of blackberries, plum and dark chocolate. The wine flows easily across the palate with fine, firm tannins drawing out the finish.
Blend: 100% Shiraz
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
Glass-staining violet. A deeply perfumed bouquet evokes ripe cherry and dark berries, licorice and mocha, along with hints of vanilla and woodsmoke. Lush and expansive in the mouth, offering appealingly sweet cassis, cherry-vanilla and fruitcake flavors sharpened by a peppery nuance. Shows impressive energy for its heft and finishes very long and smooth, with even tannins adding subtle grip.
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Wine Enthusiast
Power and richness are on display here in the form of heady aromas such as black olive, dark chocolate, cherry cordial, menthol and medicinal herbs and flowers. There's a slightly harsh green woody note in the back. The palate is full figured with muscular tannins and a nice lift of acidity. Drink 2023–2040.
Marked by an unmistakable deep purple hue and savory aromatics, Syrah makes an intense, powerful and often age-worthy red. Native to the Northern Rhône, Syrah achieves its maximum potential in the steep village of Hermitage and plays an important component in the Red Rhône Blends of the south, adding color and structure to Grenache and Mourvèdre. Syrah is the most widely planted grape of Australia and is important in California and Washington. Sommelier Secret—Such a synergy these three create together, the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre trio often takes on the shorthand term, “GSM.”
QUIHDSH206_2020 Item# 1539452