Hentley Farm, Beast Shiraz Vintage:2005 aged in 100% French oak

aged in 100% French oak

It has the gourmet exoticism typical of the vintage

The finer middle weight flavors aren’t as powerful though I like the vibrancy on the dusty

A darker amber here

offering up complex aromas of argan oil

Hentley Farm, Beast Shiraz Vintage:2005 aged in 100% French oakThe 2005 Shiraz The Beast was aged in French oak for 18 months. Purple colored, it exhibits a nose of cedar, smoke, leather, scorched earth, violets, blackberry, and blueberry compote. This is followed by a full bodied, personality filled wine with gobs of fruit, excellent breadth on the palate, silky tannin, and a long, pure finish. Give it 5 7 years in the cellar and drink it through 2025. Hentley Farm is an 80 acre estate located on the banks of