2003 Howard Park Leston Shiraz Reviews

“Supple, smooth and sweet red fruits; fine-grained spicy tannins; as elegant as ever; controlled French oak. Drink 2015.”

94 Points
James Halliday, 2007 Australian Wine Companion - 04-02-2008
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“Profoundly plummy on the nose, with blueberry in the secondary role. On the palate, the Leston is broad, its black-and blueberry flavours a little tangy at first, but softening with air. Finishes with lively doses of black pepper and menthol. Very pretty.”

90, Wine Enthusiast - 01-08-2006
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“The oak in this wine is primary, with coffee and hazelnut flavours and a round, gentle texture. Air brings out more savoury cherry and spice, predicting good development ahead. Check on it in two or three years.”

88 Points
Joshua Greene, Wine and Spirits USA - 01-06-2006
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“Attention to detail in the vineyard and a fair bit of pampering in the winery takes place for this delicious, big, ripe, concentrated, plummy wine with attitude. Still a baby with plenty of time on its hands.”

Paul Murray, Ron Spencer, Paul Conti, Rod Properjohn and Stewart van Raalte, West Coast Magazine - 01-01-2006
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“Ripe plum aromas nicely integrated with dusty oak. Lovely freshness to this elegant palate that has seamlessly integrated long, lingering, spicy fruit/oak flavours.”

, Winestate - 01-11-2005
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“Slightly jammy, sweet rich blueberries, plums and cherries mingle to form an approachable wine with fine tight tannins.Best drinking around 2007 ? 2011.”

91 Points
Tyson Stelzer, www.tysonstelzer.com - 01-08-2005
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“Medium ruby. Youthful, high-pitched aromas of blackberry, cherry, ground coffee, gingerbread and freshly cracked pepper, complicated by floral notes of violet and lavender. Tangy, sappy cherry and redcurrant on the palate, with sexy, insinuating notes of cinnamon nutmeg and mace. An altogether suave, poised shiraz that promises immediate as well as longer-term gratification”

91 Points
Josh Raynolds, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar - 15-07-2005
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“Lovely early-drinking shiraz, produced off a single vineyard. Smooth, polished, cedary and ripe, with kirsch-like, black cherried, minerally flavour leading to a fine, soft finish. Quite beautiful. Drink: 2005 - 2010.”

90 Points
Campbell Mattinson, The Winefront Monthly - 01-06-2005
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