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I'm just finishing my last bottles of 1992 St Henri and I came across this gem of a review from 1997.

The 1992 St. Henry Shiraz is a terrific example of the jammy, late harvest, port-like style that is displayed by some of Australia's biggest red wines.

St Henri - a jammy, late harvest, port-like style- this critic really knows his stuff. :roll: If St Henri is one of Australia's biggest reds I wonder what this critic thinks of Mollydooker? Can you guess who the critic is?

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KMP wrote:I'm just finishing my last bottles of 1992 St Henri and I came across this gem of a review from 1997.

The 1992 St. Henry Shiraz is a terrific example of the jammy, late harvest, port-like style that is displayed by some of Australia's biggest red wines.

St Henri - a jammy, late harvest, port-like style- this critic really knows his stuff. :roll: If St Henri is one of Australia's biggest reds I wonder what this critic thinks of Mollydooker? Can you guess who the critic is?

Mike


Broadbent perhaps?
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I'm guessing the obvious - Parker.
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Indeed - Parker.
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Post by Grant »

Talk about damning with faint praise...try to fit 'terrific', 'jammy' and 'port-like' into a single positive review...
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Grant wrote:Talk about damning with faint praise...try to fit 'terrific', 'jammy' and 'port-like' into a single positive review...


Aeroplane Jelly - port flavour 8)

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Post by marsalla »

Tanzer,
parker wouldnt call it jammy I would have thought
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Sharkey wrote:I'm guessing the obvious - Parker.


Yes it is indeed Parker. Historically, St Henri was made to be a contrast to the more forward ("A very good dry port...") Grange. St Henri is a wine that has been called "an excellent foil to the modern 'baked' Australian Barossa shiraz style.' The 1992 itself has been described as a lightly structured wine, another has said it has huge tannins and is overladen with fruit, but "jammy, late harvest, port-like" it ain't.

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