Medium-deep crimson. Intense praline, roasted chestnut and roasted walnut aromas with lovely underlying ripe blackberry and mulberry fruits. Rich, ripe and expressive with dark cherry, blackberry and mulberry fruits, fine loose-knit chocolaty tannins, lovely fresh walnut, waxy polish and liquorice complexity and integrated juicy acidity. Firm, yet generous and long. An outstanding vintage.

St Henri Shiraz 2002

A vibrant crimson colour with a purple core.Savoury aromas laced with bay leaf/spice. Some blackcurrant/blackberry aromas show, most likely due to the 9% Cabernet, albeit from warmer climes in a cool year. There are some secondary characters, demi-glace/soy, no doubt from 14mths in large oak vats.A classy young St. Henri - elegance, balance, substance and persistence. Dark fruits with background liquorice and dark spices reflect Barossa and McLaren Vale origins. The palate is tight and defined, yet texturally round and soft, with ripe tannins.