St Hallett - Faith Shiraz 2010

Blackberries explode from the glass. Attractive rich, juicy core with some savoury, leathery notes.

Jamie Goode, wineanorak.com, 90pts (2009) - "Very appealing sweet berry fruits with nice spicy freshness and silky smooth liquer-like texture. Smooth and ripe with lovely rounded character. Fruit rather than oak to the fore, with freshness and definition."

Deep purple-crimson; a medium- to full-bodied wine awash with red and black fruit, principally cherry, abundant ripe tannins and enough oak; has balance and length.

St Hallet’s Faith shiraz has become something of an old faithful. It’s not the deepest or most profound shiraz on the market but it hits the sweet spot bang on. It tastes of sawdusty oak, black cherries, blackberries and fresh, boysenberry-like fruit. Excellent freshness to this wine. It’s buoyant and succulent. Easy to recommend. Value lives here.

Described by one judge as "A ripper of a wine." It's a well-structured, youthful, dark fruit style that's layered with seamless tannins and lovely oak. Good cellaring potential. 5+

winingpom.com.au - "Once George Michael sang you’ve gotta have Faith and in 2010 most of the Barossan Winemakers did, (what a lovely segue). Anyway the Faith here is named after St Hallet legend Stu Blackwell’s wife and what a fine dedication it is. It smells of red fruits and Kirsch, there’s some vanilla and plum too, a slight note of oak char nothing overtly Barossa about this either in the sense that it’s quite medium bodied. It feels good in the mouth, a burst of cranberry and raspberry perhaps and pronounced spice, some mouth coating tannins and a fine acid backbone. Good wine from a favourable vintage and really very drinkable, humming an even finer tune on day two."

Nicks.com.au - "Totally opaque black purple colour with very deep black purple hue showing excellent colour saturation. The nose displays aromas of blackberry, liquorice and dark plum followed by a hint of blackpepper. Medium to full bodied the palate possesses flavours of blackberry, plum, blackpepper and spice. Tight, dryish but fine grained tannins. Aftertaste of blackberry, plum and spice."