2014 Langi Shiraz
REVIEWS
2014 Langi Shiraz
98 points James Halliday Halliday Wine Companion 2017 From the Langi Old Block planted ‘63, matured in French oak (35% new) for 16 months. While full-bodied, this has exceptional poise and elegance, the circus elephant standing on a ball. Intense red, purple and black fruits, ripe tannins and cedary oak are members of an orchestra playing Beethoven.
96 points Huon Hooke
huonhooke.com, September 2016 Deep, youthful red/purple colour, the bouquet intense and full of white pepper and mixed spice aromas. It's full-bodied but elegant as well, with an abundance of fine tannins which coat the palate like lace. It's fruit-sweet in the middle and far from austere. A very fragrant, aromatic cool-climate shiraz of real style and panache.
95 points Campbell Mattinson Wine Front Online, 4 August 2016 They’ve been producing shiraz from this vineyard for over 35 years now. It’s a fine-grained wine. More about finesse than flounce. Black pepper and black cherry combine with campfire, crushed dry leaves and earthy, undergrowthy characters. Oak is subtle but important, particularly texturally; it adds the polish, the sheen. It’s so fresh at the moment it almost feels/tastes justfermented. Tannin is both ultra-fine and ultra-firm; at no time though is the flow of flavour interrupted. Floral characters play about the edges. You’d have to say this is a top-notch example of cool climate, mature vine shiraz.
REVIEWS
2014 Langi Shiraz
92 points Lisa Perrotti-Brown Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, October 2016 From the Langi Old Block planted ‘63, matured in French oak (35% new) for 16 months. While full-bodied, this has exceptional poise and elegance, the circus elephant standing on a ball. Intense red, purple and black fruits, ripe tannins and cedary oak are members of an orchestra playing Beethoven.
96 points Gourmet Traveller Wine, February 2017 In Langi style, a fragrant, aromatic cool-climate shiraz of class and ganache. White pepper and mixed spice. Elegant-bodied, with racy tannins coating the palate. Sweet fruit in harmony. A superb wine.
98 points Tyson Stelzer, Wine Business Magazine Top 20 Wines of the Year under $100, April 2017 2014 is the essence of Langi Shiraz, delivering the signature pepper of this revered site in a beautifully defined blanket of black plum and blackberry fruit. It’s at once powerful and towering and at the same time honed and refined, impeccably structured with super-finely textured tannins and exact, bright acidity. The finish is a revelation; fine, crunchy and so, so long. It will live very long.
2014 Langi Shiraz
98 points James Halliday Halliday Wine Companion 2017 From the Langi Old Block planted ‘63, matured in French oak (35% new) for 16 months. While full-bodied, this has exceptional poise and elegance, the circus elephant standing on a ball. Intense red, purple and black fruits, ripe tannins and cedary oak are members of an orchestra playing Beethoven.
96 points Huon Hooke
huonhooke.com, September 2016 Deep, youthful red/purple colour, the bouquet intense and full of white pepper and mixed spice aromas. It's full-bodied but elegant as well, with an abundance of fine tannins which coat the palate like lace. It's fruit-sweet in the middle and far from austere. A very fragrant, aromatic cool-climate shiraz of real style and panache.
95 points Campbell Mattinson Wine Front Online, 4 August 2016 They’ve been producing shiraz from this vineyard for over 35 years now. It’s a fine-grained wine. More about finesse than flounce. Black pepper and black cherry combine with campfire, crushed dry leaves and earthy, undergrowthy characters. Oak is subtle but important, particularly texturally; it adds the polish, the sheen. It’s so fresh at the moment it almost feels/tastes justfermented. Tannin is both ultra-fine and ultra-firm; at no time though is the flow of flavour interrupted. Floral characters play about the edges. You’d have to say this is a top-notch example of cool climate, mature vine shiraz.
REVIEWS
2014 Langi Shiraz
92 points Lisa Perrotti-Brown Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, October 2016 From the Langi Old Block planted ‘63, matured in French oak (35% new) for 16 months. While full-bodied, this has exceptional poise and elegance, the circus elephant standing on a ball. Intense red, purple and black fruits, ripe tannins and cedary oak are members of an orchestra playing Beethoven.
96 points Gourmet Traveller Wine, February 2017 In Langi style, a fragrant, aromatic cool-climate shiraz of class and ganache. White pepper and mixed spice. Elegant-bodied, with racy tannins coating the palate. Sweet fruit in harmony. A superb wine.
98 points Tyson Stelzer, Wine Business Magazine Top 20 Wines of the Year under $100, April 2017 2014 is the essence of Langi Shiraz, delivering the signature pepper of this revered site in a beautifully defined blanket of black plum and blackberry fruit. It’s at once powerful and towering and at the same time honed and refined, impeccably structured with super-finely textured tannins and exact, bright acidity. The finish is a revelation; fine, crunchy and so, so long. It will live very long.
