Ben Glaetzer Amon Ra Shiraz

Origins Australia, South Australia, Barossa Valley, North Ebenezer
Style Dry red wine
Grape Shiraz

Shows the hallmark richness of the previous vintages yet takes the aromatic expression to another level. The slower ripening experienced in our Shiraz created parcels of fruit with huge intensity and perfume without any of the hot, jammy characteristics that can become evident with exposed fruit a character we avoid in all of our wines at all costs. The key to Amon Ra is balancing the extraction rather than maximizing it. The fruit has such expression that we aim to preserve the characteristics of the vineyard rather than dominate them. The similarity has to be drawn between the 04 and 05 wines, the 06 showing the freshness and refinement of the 04 release with the tannin structure and ageability of the 05. It is certainly one of our most favoured releases to this point.