Glaetzer Anaperenna Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
- 94
- $52
- Drink by: 2021-2033
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No holding back on this bruising wine. It’s from some seriously old vines, some that are up to 100 years for the shiraz and 130 years for the cabernet. In a dry hot year like this, the older vine material is critical to ensure balanced fruit is presented to the winery – in fact those old vines are a godsend. It’s a wine of substantial alcohol yet the balance and poise is exceptional and allows the fruit to express itself beautifully. Glaetzer’s minimal winemaking approach works so well, with unfiltered bottling designed to express fully every nuance of the natural fruit characters. A little time in the cellar would be wise.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
