Reviews
“The wine opens with red-purple colour and is full of attractive plum and blackberry fruit on the bouquet, leading into a strongly textured and structured palate, with black fruits, licorice, pepper and spice all woven through quite strong tannins. It has the balance to age very well, and needs to be left alone for 2-3 years, then drink it over a decade.”
92 Points 
James Halliday, James Halliday Wine Companion 2013 Edition
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“All the flavours here are in beautiful working order. Fresh cherries and black plums, woody spices and creamy, coffeed vanilla. Oak and fruit and chewy tannin all work in harmony. It’s not a blockbusterstyle shiraz, but it’s not what you’d call whimpy either. It has a sturdiness but most especially is has a lively drinkability. It’s one for the buy list. Drink 2012-2016.”
91 Points
Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
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Technical
Notes
Premium fruit from the Great Southern and Margaret River wine regions was especially selected for the 2009 MadFish Shiraz. The vintage produced Shiraz grapes with strong colour development, ripe flavour characters and a mature tannin structure. The warm, long, and dry growing season was the crucial element to the quality of the wines produced from this great 2009 vintage. Once harvested, the grapes were then fermented in stainless steel tanks with traditional pump-overs carried out each day to aid fruit and tannin development. The parcels of fruit were then pressed to French and American oak barriques for 12 months maturation to encourage wine development and structural complexity. The use of French oak allowed for the integration of dusty savoury tannins, and the American oak introduced rich, toasted vanillin flavours.
Tasting Notes
A rich, dark, cherry red wine with great colour density. The wine displays aromas of black pepper spice, ripe plum compote, five spice powder and toasty oak. This full-bodied wine is driven by concentrated fruit flavours of chocolate and black morello cherries which are complexed by subtle savoury textures and fine, soft tannins.
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Cellaring
Will drink well now and will develop complex aging characters of rich earth, leather and forest floor over the next 5 years.
Awards
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Vintage |
Award |
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2009 |
Silver Medal - Syrah du Monde |
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2004 |
Gold Medal - Mundus Vini |
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2004 |
Gold Medal - San Francisco International Wine Show |
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2002 |
Bronze Medal - International Wine & Spirits Competition |