2022 Tyrrells 4 Acres Hunter Valley Shiraz
97 Points, Erin Larkin, Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate
The 2022 4 Acres Shiraz is unbelievably aromatic, with red berries in profusion, black tea, iodine, copper, clove, cardamom, sumac and caper brine. In the mouth, the fruit and the tannins flow as one across the palate. This has a febrile nature to it, and I am feeling that with the 2022s here today: elegant, fine, lithe, red fruited and a little nervous. I like that. They display enormous length through the finish, so the restraint looks all the more exciting. There are notes of nettles, star anise, clove, white tea, jasmine flowers, blond tobacco and plum skin acidity. This is super svelte. It's exciting to drink Shiraz that exhibits this much power and restraint in a single throw. It's like standing in the sun on a cold winter's day—it's nourishing. 3,333 bottles filled. The 4 Acres vineyard was planted in 1879 on deep red clay soils over limestone. It matured in a single, three-year-old French oak cask for 14 months. 13.3% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
97 Points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review
A truly superb shiraz, in classic medium bodied Hunter style, oak almost invisible, the fruit doing all the talking. And the terroir: it is earthy, smoky/coaldusty and savoury, but with a profound core of sweet ripe fruit. Superfine tannins. The complexity of the wine holds the attention to the last drop and the elegance is just so impressive. 30 APR 2024
97 Points, Erin Larkin, Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate
The 2022 4 Acres Shiraz is unbelievably aromatic, with red berries in profusion, black tea, iodine, copper, clove, cardamom, sumac and caper brine. In the mouth, the fruit and the tannins flow as one across the palate. This has a febrile nature to it, and I am feeling that with the 2022s here today: elegant, fine, lithe, red fruited and a little nervous. I like that. They display enormous length through the finish, so the restraint looks all the more exciting. There are notes of nettles, star anise, clove, white tea, jasmine flowers, blond tobacco and plum skin acidity. This is super svelte. It's exciting to drink Shiraz that exhibits this much power and restraint in a single throw. It's like standing in the sun on a cold winter's day—it's nourishing. 3,333 bottles filled. The 4 Acres vineyard was planted in 1879 on deep red clay soils over limestone. It matured in a single, three-year-old French oak cask for 14 months. 13.3% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
97 Points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review
A truly superb shiraz, in classic medium bodied Hunter style, oak almost invisible, the fruit doing all the talking. And the terroir: it is earthy, smoky/coaldusty and savoury, but with a profound core of sweet ripe fruit. Superfine tannins. The complexity of the wine holds the attention to the last drop and the elegance is just so impressive. 30 APR 2024
97 Points, Erin Larkin, Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate
The 2022 4 Acres Shiraz is unbelievably aromatic, with red berries in profusion, black tea, iodine, copper, clove, cardamom, sumac and caper brine. In the mouth, the fruit and the tannins flow as one across the palate. This has a febrile nature to it, and I am feeling that with the 2022s here today: elegant, fine, lithe, red fruited and a little nervous. I like that. They display enormous length through the finish, so the restraint looks all the more exciting. There are notes of nettles, star anise, clove, white tea, jasmine flowers, blond tobacco and plum skin acidity. This is super svelte. It's exciting to drink Shiraz that exhibits this much power and restraint in a single throw. It's like standing in the sun on a cold winter's day—it's nourishing. 3,333 bottles filled. The 4 Acres vineyard was planted in 1879 on deep red clay soils over limestone. It matured in a single, three-year-old French oak cask for 14 months. 13.3% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
97 Points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review
A truly superb shiraz, in classic medium bodied Hunter style, oak almost invisible, the fruit doing all the talking. And the terroir: it is earthy, smoky/coaldusty and savoury, but with a profound core of sweet ripe fruit. Superfine tannins. The complexity of the wine holds the attention to the last drop and the elegance is just so impressive. 30 APR 2024
