"Garnet black color. Aromas of raspberry compote, black licorice, dark chocolate, purple flowers, and hint of banana with a velvety, vibrant, dryish medium-full body and a peppery, charming, medium-long salted plum, blackberry preserves, coconut, wintergreen, and cacao nibs finish with well-integrated, crunchy tannins and moderate oak flavor. A full-throttle Shiraz that offers a journey of flavors on the palate."
- Beverage Testing Institute (November 2020), 91 pts - SILVER MEDAL
"This is what Padthaway Shiraz is all about with powerful, sweet flavours nicely tempered by some more savoury nuances – Shiraz with a kicker. Quite deeply coloured, it opens up with an array of red and black fruit pastille aromas topped by bay leaf and black pepper backed up by a decent dose of oak – French and American, adding vanilla bean and toasted coconut. It’s then quite chunky on the palate, delivering plenty in both the flavour and complexity department. The fruit is fleshy and generous while reasonable tannins are well integrated and provide a solid backbone to fruit and oak. It’s a bit old fashioned in the oak department you might say but fans of oaky reds will lap it up in the blink of an eye."
- Wine Pilot (October 2021), 92 pts
