Wine by Some Young Punks, Clare Valley, South Australia, Passion has red lips, Cabernet/Shiraz 2007

Rasmus Holmgård fra Gastro & Dagbladenes Bureau:

Labert cabernet/shiraz-blend fra de unge punks’ vanligt flabede indpakning. Vinen oser effektivt sine fuldmodne og sødmefulde noter op af glasset. Munden supplerer med en fast tannisk struktur og en syre, der matcher frugtens tyngde overbevisende. Fin balance og masser af smag.

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Wine Spectator:

Ripe and round, exhibiting loads of delicious cherry and currant character, with a whisper of herb swirling over a supple frame. Finishes with flair.

90 points

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar:

Complex aromas of vivid red and dark berries, pungent herbs and fresh flowers. Round and seductive, with silky raspberry and blackberry preserve flavors braced by nervy minerality. Stains the palate with energetic red berry flavors, with no intrusive tannins to get in the way of the fruit. Immediately appealing and impressive for its clarity, balance and finishing urgency.

90 points

eRobertParker.com giver 89 points

April/May 2008 issue of Gourmet Traveller WINE

Wine packaging is entering new ground with these young punks! Artfully presented with just the right amount of attitude, wine by Some Young Punks is a made-for-young-adults-by-young-adults kinda thing. What’s inside the bottle is decidedly better than most quirky, innovatively packaged wines; they’re clever blends and sturdy varietals bearing names such as Passion Has Red Lips and Naked On Roller Skates. Adelina is the serious companion brand; the fruit is sourced from old vines – the shiraz more than 100 years old – from an estate on Wendouree Road in the Clare Valley. The fact that this wine sells for a paltry A$35 is astounding; you’d better get it while you can because these wines and prices won’t be around for long.

Harvey Steiman fra Wine Spectator:

Gotta hand it to those Aussies. Just when you think they're all falling over each other to reach a mass market by putting kangaroos, wombats, emus, geckos and other critters on their labels, they go and make you smile with something else. Credit Some Young Punks, a label put together by three otherwise serious winemakers in South Australia, for some of the cheekiest, most fun labels I've seen lately.

Who says we must take wine to seriously? Not the Aussies.

Vinhusets Datablad

• Region: Clare Valley
• Varietal: 51% Cabernet/49% Shiraz
• Vintage: 2007
• Vine Age: 15-45 years
• Trellis: VSP
• TA: 6.2 g/l
• pH: 3.53
• Residual Sugar: Dry
• Alcohol: 14.4%
• Brix: 25.9
• Oak: French and American, mostly seasoned
• Coopers: D'n'J and Heinrich

• Winemaking: Fruit was destemmed and crushed before fermentation, time on skins up to 14 days. Pressed to tank for settling and malo before maturation in oak. The Shiraz and Cabernet parcels were kept separate until blending.

• Bottled Date: 2/21/08

• Production: 1600 dozen
• Cellaring: Maybe, but why. Its great right now