Two Hands Lily's Garden Shiraz 2003 magnum 1500ml, McLaren Vale
The 2003 Two Hands Lily's Garden Shiraz is a sound effort from the winemakers at Two Hands Wines. Sourced from the McLaren Vale region, this impressive offering presents with black fruits, pepper, and dark chocolate and is definitely worth a try.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 95 pts - The extraordinary 2003 Shiraz Lily's Garden exhibits an inky ruby/purple hue to the rim in addition to a stunning aromatic display of blackberries, cassis liqueur, licorice, smoky oak, sweet chocolate, and espresso roast. A fabulously concentrated, multidimensional, layered wine with power, elegance, and a seamless personality, it can be drunk young or cellared for a decade or more. - Oct 2005
James Halliday's Wine Companion - 95 pts - Potent but smooth, velvety black fruits and dark chocolate; excellent tannins and length. Date tasted 20 Dec 2004, drink by 2018Wine Spectator - 93 pts - Raw, powerful and muscular, with vivid, sharply etched blackberry, black cherry and peppery spice aromas and flavors, persisting impressively on the finish, veering toward tart. Needs time to settle into itself. Best from 2007 through 2015. 1,700 cases imported. -HS, Mar 2005
Expert Reviews
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 95 pts - The extraordinary 2003 Shiraz Lily's Garden exhibits an inky ruby/purple hue to the rim in addition to a stunning aromatic display of blackberries, cassis liqueur, licorice, smoky oak, sweet chocolate, and espresso roast. A fabulously concentrated, multidimensional, layered wine with power, elegance, and a seamless personality, it can be drunk young or cellared for a decade or more. - Oct 2005
James Halliday's Wine Companion - 95 pts - Potent but smooth, velvety black fruits and dark chocolate; excellent tannins and length. Date tasted 20 Dec 2004, drink by 2018Wine Spectator - 93 pts - Raw, powerful and muscular, with vivid, sharply etched blackberry, black cherry and peppery spice aromas and flavors, persisting impressively on the finish, veering toward tart. Needs time to settle into itself. Best from 2007 through 2015. 1,700 cases imported. -HS, Mar 2005