96 Points - Ray Jordan
Glaetzer Wines is a world-renowned, family-owned winery located in South Australia’s iconic Barossa Valley. Under the guidance of acclaimed winemaker Ben Glaetzer, the estate's philosophy centers on minimal intervention and sourcing fruit almost exclusively from exceptional old vines - some up to 130 years old.
Anaperenna is Glaetzer’s famed flagship blend, with the 2023 vintage made up of 86% Shiraz and 14% Cabernet Sauvignon. All old vine fruit sourced from the famed Ebenezer sub district at the northern tip of the Barossa Valley; the Shiraz vines between 30 - 100 years old and the Cabernet vines 30 - 130 years old.
The 2023 Glaetzer Anaperenna again delivers an exquisitely generous and yet refined red wine demonstrating how these two classic varieties can work so well together. The Cabernet Sauvignon provides backbone, structure, and savoury tannins, while the Shiraz contributes plush dark berry fruit, plum, and spice. A super impressive release that delivers remarkable value-drinking given the pedigree of this wine.
"96 Points. This is a classic, tried-and-tested Barossa combination that has always produced super wines over the years. Once again, as with these Glaetzer wines, there’s plenty of old fruit involved, with vines up to 100 years old for the Shiraz and 130 years old for the Cabernet. After fermentation, the wine was matured for 16 months in all-new oak hogsheads, 92% French and 8% American. The colour is deep, super deep. On the nose there are concentrated, almost raisin-like characters with blackberry, dark plum, and aromatic herbs and black pepper. The palate is plush and rich, with a density of dark berries and rich chocolate, perfectly crafted and seamlessly integrated. This really is a classy wine. $65. Drink by: 2026-2046"- Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot.
"This is thick, warm, hearty, throaty; all of the above. It’s a pretty sexy wine and a particular version of sexy, too. It tastes of blackcurrant, plum syrup, milk chocolate, mint, cloves and raspberries stewed with orange rind and assorted woodsy spices. It does not lack freshness but it’s definitely bold and bruising. It’s pretty impressive, all round. 93 Points. Tasted: Jun26. 15% alc. $65. Cork. Drink: 2026 - 2032+"- Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front.
