Henschke
Tappa Pass Shiraz 2009

Wine styleDry, Full Bodied style of ShirazRegionBarossa Valley, Australia
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Wine styleDry, Full Bodied style of ShirazRegionBarossa Valley, Australia
The Henschke Tappa Pass Shiraz is deep crimson in colour with violet hues. Fragrant and sophisticated aromas of blueberry and blackberry supported by spicy sage, vanilla and cedar nuances. The palate is lush and fleshy with intense flavours of plum and blackcurrant fruits; beautifully balanced with grainy tannins for a long and rounded finish. 
The Henschke Tappa Pass Shiraz is deep crimson in colour with violet hues. Fragrant and sophisticated aromas of blueberry and blackberry supported by spicy sage, vanilla and cedar nuances. The palate is lush and fleshy with intense flavours of plum and blackcurrant fruits; beautifully balanced with grainy tannins for a long and rounded finish. 
Taste profile
Full Bodied
Full Bodied
Full Bodied
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Full bodied red wines have a noticeably textural mouthfeel with bold, complex flavours. Often deeply coloured.
Dry
Dry
Dry
Dry
Dry
Dry
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Dry wines have no trace of sweetness at all.
  • TypeShiraz
  • Size750mL
  • RegionBarossa Valley
  • Current Vintage2009
  • Standard Drinks9
  • Alcohol Volume15.00%
  • CountryAustralia
  • StateSouth Australia
  • Brand NameHenschke
  • ClosureScrew Cap
  • Wine SweetnessDry
  • Wine BodyFull Bodied
    • Vintage 2009
      93 points www.winefront.com.au

    At first I just enjoyed the neck oil aspects of the wine – silky texture, fine ripples of satiny fruit with a tight thread of lacy tannin holding the wine together in its svelte shape. Fruit is perfumed, floral and pretty with a come-hither savouriness underlying. With time the wine shows its mettle – more power than you expect, layers of lacework-like complexity and a freshness that whips the palate clean through the finish with very fine, wet-pebble-like minerality...

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