Red
Henry's Drive Vignerons Parson's Flat Shiraz-Cabernet Sauvignon (Padthaway)
Padthaway · Australia
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Padthaway
- Appellation
- Padthaway
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- high
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
cordeiro assado · bife grelhado · queijos curados · berinjela à parmegiana
Rated vintages
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201293 pts
This is a prime example of how blending Cabernet and Shiraz can benefit both. The Shiraz provides texture and amplitude, the Cabernet soaring cassis aromas and length on the finish. Smoky mocha-tinged oak frames that impressive velvety fruit, only slowly fading away. Drink 2018–…
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200890 pts
The blend in this torrid vintage is 68% Shiraz, 32% Cabernet, which somehow manages to avoid any sense of baked or raisined fruit. There's a slightly medicinal, eucalyptus note, common in wines from this big gumtree region, but also red currant and cherry fruit, a creamy, supple…
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200692 pts
The blend is roughly two-thirds Shiraz and one-third Cabernet, and the result combines berries with cassis and generosity with structure, all framed by toasty oak. Savory in character, long and dusty on the finish. Drink now-2018.