Noon, Shiraz Reserve, Langhorne Creek

Drew Noon suggests this is to be drunk next few years. From a more approachable vintage. For me it shows that Langhorne Creek earthiness, slightly stewed fruits, prune, some tar - not your fruit bomb Shiraz. Medium bodied but with length. Went great with the sirloin I served with it.

2014 vintage

Great wine - in it's drinking window

2014 vintage

Appearance: Bright and clear, the wine is of deep ruby colour, with brown rim and legs. Nose: Clean, with pronounced intensity aromas, showing black fruit of blackberry and blackcurrant, dried fruit of prune, pungent spice of black pepper, animal notes of meaty, oak notes of toast, kernel notes of molasses and cocoa, maturity notes of savoury. The wine is developing. Palate: Dry with medium acidity, the wine has medium (+) tannin of ripe and silky texture, high in alcohol, with …

2013 vintage

Shocking how fresh this wine still seems. Excellent fruit with a nice finish.

2000 vintage

This wine was a great example of needing to manage serving temperature. Coming out of a Vintec at 12-14C into a Queensland room temp glass, this was probably pretty close to the textbook red wine temp around 15-18C when I took my first sip, but all I got was a bit of vanilla and spice and excessive alcohol heat. Into decanter and in the fridge to both aerate and cool for a while. I didn't use a thermometer so I'm …

2012 vintage

Okay. A bit big and OTT (malty) for me now.

2014 vintage

Drank with close friends @ Korean BBQ. One of our friends is a sommelier and he picked this wine from cellar as Noon can be quite hard to get a hold of. It's actually the first Noon any of us have had. I see what everyone has been talking about and I'm already a huge fan. This particular bottle still had plenty of time left, it smelt and tasted so fresh. The Somm said another 10 years he thought it …

2012 vintage

A bit one dimensional. Ripe dark fruits but the dominant character for me is the hot 16% alcohol and it doesn't have the smoothness or residual sweetness like a port to make that ABV enjoyable.

2013 vintage

this bottle is past it's prime. I have one more that I will try soon

2004 vintage

McLaren Vale Shiraz in a fruit, but not bold-driven style. Medium ruby with medium aroma intensity and aromas/flavors of blackberry, black plum, black cherry, red plum, dried thyme and spices, some leather, cloves and toasty. Developing The wine is dry with high acidity, medium tannins, high alcohol and medium +body and medium + flavor intensity. Long finish. The quality is very good and can drink now potential for aging.

2016 vintage

Medium color intensity and ruby color. On the nose has medium + intensity and primary flavors of strawberries, red and black cherries and plums, blackberries, floral tones of roses and spices of black pepper, secondary tones of cream, cloves. Tertiary flavors of dried strawberries and prunes. On the palate the wine is dry, with medium + intensity, medium tannins, high alcohol and medium + body. Long finish and the wine is developing with potential of further aging. The quality is …

2016 vintage

Not sure about this. Nose is a little green with cherry and berry fruit. Palate is soft, with initally sweet fruit, but turns hard and metallic with a very dry and still green pepper finish.

2014 vintage

Not what I’d hoped. Bold fruit and smooth texture but quite metallic and the acidity is a little excessive.

2014 vintage

Very intense, powerful and finish is long. Quote from RP “Life is too sure not to be drinking the wines of Drew Noon.”

2016 vintage

Um vinho excepcional

2004 vintage

91 for quality or maybe higher but no love lost when I ditched half the bottle

2012 vintage

Spectacular 2003 Noon Australian Shiraz:dark purple color , nearly black ,nose of dark sweet plum , dates, sweet cherries 🍒; ripe dark fruits , thick rich mouthfeel , texture like port . So silky and smooth. It is so pleasurable to drink it at its peak

2003 vintage

Dark purple showing no sign of decay. Piercing purple fruits with a bit of blackberry on the nose. Meat juices with a strong mineral saline streak, mint, eucalyptus, and a finish that features all of the above, especially the salinity. The fruit is very much alive; the wine probably needs another 6-10 years of cellaring and will last another couple of decades. Absolutely delicious.

2004 vintage

Still drinking beautifully and perfectly balanced. Not at all over the top as others have suggested, just a great exame of how Aussie shiraz can age well if stored properly. Won't get any better but another 2-3 years left before the wine declines

2004 vintage

Nose: red and black fruit, cloves, spices, oak. Mouth: ripe red and black fruit, full bodied, tannic, good acidity. Structured and elegant wine. Blind would have guessed a chateauneuf. 94 pt.

2014 vintage

Dark red, not so dense (a bit of surprise), light brown edge. Large bq w blackberries, herbs, cough syrup, with underlying notes of charcuterie and light oak. Rounded tannins, good acidity, still plenty of fruit (dark berries) and sweet liqourice. Very nice balance. 14,9 % alcohol not noticeable. Long aftertaste. While it probably won't get any better, it shows few signs of aging. Very good!

2000 vintage

Didn’t drink

2016 vintage

I drank this wine over several days and it did not get better. Tart, smokey, flat. Not even jammy, which wld have been an uptick. Very disappointing.

2014 vintage

Still very young - hold.

2014 vintage

The wine is deep purple and opaque. There is no rim variation and the staining is heavy. The nose is powerful and developing. The fruit is black and blue with rich raspberries, blackberries, dark cherries, white pepper and cherry pie filling and crust. The wine is dry. The dark fruit continues to show prominently. The fruit character is tart to baked. The tannins are high, with medium acidity, alcohol is high, the body is huge, and the texture is round. …

2012 vintage

Concentrated dark berry fruit in the nose and flavor. Blackberries, black raspberries, dried plums, licorice, spice, and hints of floral. Well balanced, medium to long finish.

2000 vintage

A good showing for this Noon but still not a patch on the wines they were making nearly a decade earlier which were far richer and mouth staining glass coating luxury. Good mid palate and marzipan theee quarter length with a wanting finish.

2013 vintage

45 min decant. Bright nose of raspberry, menthol and eucalyptus. Flavours of cassis, cherry, liquorice, mint, clove and chocolate. Tannins remain firm seven years on. Paired beautifully with Aussie lamb leg and roast veg. No rush to open, has 7-10 years ahead of it.

2012 vintage

Very fragrant and exotic bouquet, there are toasted almond and clove black chocolate, ripe raspberries and black plums, grilled meat with black pepper and lifting eucalyptus. The signature spiced chocolate and deep black fruits palate followed nicely from entry to finish with pine and leather undertones. Good acidity to keep the wine tight and fit in the porous structure. Full bodied and complex mid-palate with some hints of alcohol towards the end. The finish is extremely long and deep for …

2013 vintage

2 years since last tasting note. Mellowed, smooth black and red fruit, still has incredible length and finish.

2012 vintage

One of the best most unctuous shiraz ive ever had. Extremely complex and hedonistic. The nose was misleading, and much more subtle than expected. Subtle Cassis, leather, tobacco, smoke, vanilla, dark sweet plums The palate is where things take off...When it hits the tongue, its thick, unctuous, spicy, amazing to wash around the mouth, so layered, thick, extremely hedonisitc juicy in perfect balance and harmony- long , ridiculously enjoyable ending, so big but also somehow holds onto its dignity.

2003 vintage

Mature shiraz at peak. Yummy upfront fruity stuff. Good herbal balance. A joy to drink . Pnp !

2000 vintage

Maybe 90 for the texture but ... nope, 89. First hour is sour. Second hour that goes but then this paprika thing comes out like an aggrieved porkupine. Better in a couple of years. I have 6 so I hope so. RP 96, wow !?! I wish. Maybe 93 max in 5 years. I recall the 2003 so fondly - that magnificently long legged rich beauty.

2016 vintage

Drinking very well. Better on day 2, still young and tannic. Does not taste like 15% alcohol!.

2014 vintage

Typical McLaren Vale Shiraz. A bit too powerful for my taste. There is not enough tannin to balance the intense (yes jammy) fruit. I know some people love this style - just not me. My last bottle, and to be honest I won't miss it.

2004 vintage

Excellent bottle. Deep ruby color, with a bit of sediment. clove and blackcurrants primarily, very concentrated and evolving as it decanted. Tannins still present but controlled, adding some nice grip and finish.

2003 vintage

After several hours breather, worse not better. Very Rhone. Concave hot paprika and sun dried meat.

2013 vintage

Decanted and drank over 4 hours. This has really changed over the years. It's an old world style wine. Fruit has all but faded, yet it still an intriguing palate. Dusty and dry, with camphor and tobacco, smokey and a little vegetal, touch of oak. Tannins are all but gone, but some good acidity remains. I wouldn't say it's on it's last legs yet, but I definitely don't see any upside in the future.

2000 vintage

Poured a Coravin sample and left in the glass for 2 h. This was tasted semi blind, i.e. I knew the 6 wines but not the order of them. Some bottle age with maturity autumn leaves. On the mouldy side of things with an inky and minty taste, almost flawed. The tannin is melted away but acidity there to lift. Still a bit hollow and not quite in harmony. Over the top or a bad bottle.

2000 vintage

Dark purple. Elegant nose, fruit, chalky and spicy. Licorice, grilled lamb, turns dusty dark cocoa. Nice rich mouthfeel, fine tannins that aren't overwhelming. Turns savory again late in the finish. Good length.

2012 vintage

This was one of the worst wines I've ever tried. I don't know if it was a bad bottle or what. Aussie wines are not my thing generally. For me they're too extracted, too rich, too alcoholic, the proverbial fruit bomb. But this was more landmine than bomb. No fruit, just bitter, acrid road tar, ashtray remnants, spent coffee grounds and scorched earth. There was nothing to recommend this wine on any level. A friend and I each poured one …

2003 vintage

Rounded polished stone marbleness. Earth extracted opal. A Cote Rotie (improved) substitute. French hermitage dried meat emerges. Wow. Just noticed this is 97 RP. Have one bottle left. Note to self, dont open until 2023.

2013 vintage

Based on a Noon Shiraz I enjoyed several years ago I recall this as a massive mouth coating wine. At 16% alc one would think this fits the bill but I sense a suppleness too it that challenges my view. Even aftet a 3 hour decant the alcohol is undeniable. I have one bottle of this left and Im determined to leave it 19 years to see if this mellows. The palate is stewed incadecent violets with bitter fruit cake …

2013 vintage

Great wine of finesse ..but power...!!!! Popped and poured. Good colour. Slight licorice, caramel, pepper ,spice, old leather (but a bit of heat on the nose, wich follows through to the back pallet.) 15.2 % i think it is a bit higher than what they have stated..... Good length, and tannin structure that will carry this wine for the next decade. but as we drank the wine over the next 2 hours it did mellow out, but the heat kept …

2012 vintage

Complex to characterise. Technically this is a big high alc Aussie shiraz yet I sense a more earthy French almost merlot character. Intellectually perplexing; like Arthur Rimbaud writing Waltzing Matilda.

2013 vintage

Very dark purple, hard to see through. Rubbing alcohol on the nose with a bit of black fruits underneath. Black fruits with a pleasant blackberry finish that carries into the finish, which is by far the tastiest part of this wine. Fairly nondescript, but pleasant.

2004 vintage

classic noon. Really like this wine

2004 vintage

28.2.2015: zu BegiNn leicht alkoholisch, marmeladig, sehr würzig, Lakrtitz, spannend aber kein grosses Kino

2000 vintage

Pretty, mature Shiraz. I would have expected for this to hold up for longer, but this is now fully mature and drinking beautifully, so I won't complain. Nose of cassis, cherries. On the palate underwood, malt, smoke.

2000 vintage

Something was very off with this bottle. The nose was mostly of blood and prunes. he palette was a little sour, a little metallic and a little hot. I think it was cooked.

2003 vintage

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