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2005 Mount Langi Ghiran, Langi, Shiraz

  • Region
    Grampians
  • Country
    Australia
  • Price
    AUD $55 - $65
  • Wine industry awards

    2007 Trophy, National Wine Show, Canberra, Best Shiraz 2005 or older.

    2006 Trophy, National Wine Show, Canberra, Best Shiraz.

    2006 Trophy, National Wine Show Canberra, Best Red.

    2006 Trophy, Victorian Wine Show, Best Shiraz.

    2006 Trophy, Victorian Wine Show, Best Red Wine.

    2007 Top Gold Medal, National Wine Show, Canberra.

  • Liquid Assets Assessment Summary

  • Summary note

    Sweet black plums and berries, sweet chocolate oak and an array of warm spices that make the wine very interesting as well as hedonistic. Dense and flooding flavours sit in a silky, supple and fleshy mid-palate. A pleasure now proposition. Fine Emery board tannins. A finish accented with warm pepper. 95/100

  • Quality by palate position
    5 5 4 3
    Aroma Front Mid Palate Back Palate Aftertaste
    Quality by holistic factors
    5 4 5 3 5 4 4
    Ripeness Freshness Flavour Tannin Fault Freedom Complexity Integration
  • Score
    18.8/20
    95/100
    La_gold
    Liquid Assets
    Gold Quality

  • Wine Assessment Notes

  • Nose

    Sweet black plums and berries. Sweet chocolate oak and warm white pepper spice.

    Warm and cuddly seasoned with a grown-ups dose of white pepper.

    The purple skins character – over-ripe flavours or a carbonic maceration component?

    Complexing spices match fresh primary fruits.

  • Palate

    Rich and ripe berry primary fruits are supported by a moderate measure of spices. Dense, flooding and rich mid-palate. Silky, supple and fleshy. A pleasure now proposition.

    Fine Emery board tannins. Almost hidden. Slightly dry and puckering.

    A finish a shade warm accented by a pepper spice.

  • Serving and Storage Suggestions

  • Drink by range
    2008-2018
  • Drink by comment

    Not sure why you wouldn’t drink now or at least soon. The highlight is the fresh primary fruits and the soft and silky mid palate texture. This is not to say it will not go for a long time rather to ask yourself the question is the peak now?

  • Serving comment
    Serve at 16-18 degrees Celsius

  • Other

  • Wine makers notes

    Dark, dense purple. Blackberry and mulberry fruits interlaced with dark plum characters with mixed spice and hints of pepper. Extremely complex and typical of the site. Boldly structured tannins on the palate, with ripe blackberry fruits, spice and tight acidity adding length and definition. Complex savoury characters in the background will evolve with time. Old Vine fruit grown in the Old Block. Long cold soaks and gentle plunging have led to a wine with terrific tannic structure and length of palate. Careful selection of barrels from four specific French coopers has added layered spice and complexity to the wine without overshadowing the bright fruit elements. Cellar up to 20 years. Mount Langi Ghiran.