Glaetzer Amon-Ra Barossa Shiraz 2009

Glaetzer Amon-Ra Barossa Shiraz 2009"Ben Glaetzer is a serious talent who has exploded on the wine scene with a brilliant array of wines." Robert Parker Glaetzer Amon Ra is a benchmark Barossa Valley shiraz made by master winemaker Ben Glaetzer. Fruit is sourced from exceptional old vines in the famed Ebenezer sub region in the northern part of the Barossa Valley. Vine age varies from 35 years to over 130 years of age. Amon Ra is Glaetzer's flagship wine and in addition to being a

"We are doing our best to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions… I wish I had access to electric 4WD utilities and tractors

Uplifting and memorable

Producers of note include Rippon

as well as to allow "the more delicate

because the weather (and the resulting style) was so different: the 2002s have exceptional finesse and length

5m between vines

I also saw while judging

spicy and racy Pinot with the kind of hearty disposition so typical of Bannockburn

Dahlenberg has been tending a section of this vineyard – there’s too much to do to concentrate on it all – since 2009

500 dozen bottles

The vines are irrigated from the natural spring-fed dam on the estate and flourish in the mainly gravelly loam soil

Third Plénitude (P3) or Dom Pérignon P3