Chuck Hayward, JJ Buckley, November 2011

Purple black in color and opaque to the rim. Understated at first, the bouquet opens up with air to slowly reveal more nuance and complexity. Pure aromas of blackberry jam mingle with hints of bittersweet chocolate, mint and calamata olive. Not overt or exuberant, there is a sense of sophistication here that carries through to the beautifully balanced palate, where the flavors are intense yet elegantly proportioned with seamlessly integrated textures already apparent. The barest hint of tannin combines with graphite minerals to form a fine undercurrent of structure on the finish. Beautifully poised now, it is easy to get the impression that the wine is currently holding back. This should strut its stuff with air in the short term or with 2-3 years in the bottle, while easily cellaring for up to 20 years. A classic in the making! Tasted from a bottle that had just landed in the US.

95 points,

James Halliday, July 2012

This wine is impenetrable in colour; the bouquet is a melange of black fruits, oak, spice, tar and licorice; the palate reveals even more dark fruits, more depth, in fact, more of everything, and that is the essence of the wine; this will go the distance, and if you like impressive wines, then search no further.

92 points,

James Suckling, jamessuckling.com, June 2011

Hung meat, iodine and spice on the nose. Focused in the mouth with judicious use of oak. A compact wine of real force, yet never falls to the wayside of excess, despite its obvious power. Don't know how much I could drink, but the wine is balanced. Drink now and over the next five years.

97 points,

Rhone Report, The, June 2012

Wow, a spectacular Shiraz and possibly the wine of the vintage, the 2010 Glaetzer Shiraz Amon-Ra Barossa Valley is 100% dry-grown Shiraz that was aged for 16 months in 100% new oak (95% French and 5% American). It sports knockout aromatics of creamy blackberry, plum, smoked bacon, coffee, and spice that just soar from the glass. Classic aromatically, with textbook Barossa qualities, the quality shines just as much on the palate, where the wine is full-bodied, perfectly textured and rich, with a savory mid-palate, ripe, chewy tannin, and a clean finish. This impresses all around and is hard to fault. While spectacular now, it deserves 3-4 years in the cellar, and will shine for two decades.

95 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2012

Produced from 100% Shiraz, the 2010 Amon-Ra displays a deep purple-black color and aromas of cedar, baking spices, lavender, chocolate and vanilla over a core of creme de cassis, black cherry pie and dried plums. Very full bodied and densely packed with layered warm berry, earth and spice flavors, it has a solid backbone of medium to firm fine grained tannins and crisp acid, finishing long with some hints of dried Provence herbs and black pepper coming through. Consider drinking it 2014 to 2024+. 95+ - Lisa Perrotti-Brown

94 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, July 2012

Dark purple. Flamboyant aromas of blackcurrant, blueberry, incense, vanilla and Indian spices. Concentrated, penetrating and densely packed, with strikingly concentrated dark fruit flavors that show liqueur-like intensity. Finishes very long, with firm but harmonious tannins and superb persistence.

91 points,

Wine & Spirits, October 2012

This is a shiraz from vineyards in Ebenezer, a northern district of Barossa with significant assets of ancient, dry-farmed bush vines. Soft notes of black cherry and leather lend this wine its charm, a smooth blend with sunny brightness in the fruit. It comes across as bold, honeyed and rich rather than sweet. For braised meats.

93 points,

Wine Front, December 2011

Big Christmas cake aromas, exotic spice and dark wild berry fruit fragrances, mocha, sweet wood; plenty happening here - you wallow in the mass of the bouquet as it ain't perfume, per se. The palate is slippery, layered and deep - totally mouth-coating, no nook untouched. Formidable, dark-dark berry fruit flavours, warm garam masala spice, creamy vanillin oak, layers of flavour and omnipresence that is undeniable. There is freshness too. And a trimming via acidity, spice and svelte tannins that keeps the wine in its bold but honed shape. Many will relish such a wickedly alluring wine that toes the line between serious monster and intellectual confusion. Of place? Perhaps. Is that the quest or is seduction? A fine wine for it's style no doubt, but a glass will do for me. 93+

94 points,

Wine Spectator, March 2012

A dark, brooding and dense wine, delivering dried cherry, carpaccio and spice flavors, which linger on the broad finish. Has layers and layers of depth, all balled up and waiting to open with time. Best from 2014 through 2020.

About Winery

The Glaetzers have existed in the Barossa valley since 1888 after they emigrated from Brandenburg, Germany. After settling in Nuriootpa in the Barossa Valley, the family became some of the earliest recorded viticulturalists in Australia.

Colin Glaetzer has led the Glaetzer label for 30+ years while producing limited quantities of canonical Barossa reds.  Colin is also responsible for the creation of the famous Barossa Valley Estates E&E Black Pepper Shiraz.  The Glaetzer label truly represents the terroir of the Barossa Valley as the Glaetzer family has more than one hundred years of experience farming the Barossa Valley and making fantastic Barossa Valley reds.

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