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Tasting notes
Score 90/100 · Josh Raynolds, Sep 2005

Deep ruby. Intensely aromatic nose features flamboyantly ripe dark berries, plum, kirsch, anise, roasted coffee and vanilla. Thick and creamy, almost oily in texture. The dense, superripe cassis and dark plum flavors are framed by exotic spicy oak that some tasters may find excessive. Finishes intensely sweet and long, the tannins building with aeration.

Critic scores

Critic scores
93
93/100

Average Score

95
95/100

Robert Parker

90
90/100

Josh Raynolds

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95 points
Robert Parker
Score 95/100 · Drink 2005-2016, Robert Parker, Oct 2004

Seamless, provocative, and gorgeously perfumed and flavored is the 2002 Shiraz Covenant. Fashioned from a 30- to 40-year-old Clare Valley vineyard, this 2,000 case cuvee sees more new oak than its siblings. Its black/blue color is followed by a terrific bouquet of creosote, blackberries, scorched earth, chocolate, and espresso aromas. It reminded me of a hypothetical blend of an old style La Mission-Haut-Brion and a mid-seventies Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon. Full-bodied flavors, great intensity, tremendous richness, superb structure, and fine overall balance as well as purity are found in this riveting old vine Shiraz. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2016. Importer: Peter Weygandt, Weygandt-Metzler, Unionville, PA; tel. (610) 486-0800

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Grape Blend

Syrah / Shiraz

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

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