• 88 Points
    Strait Jacket 2005 Shiraz (Western Australia)

    The U.S. doesn't really need more “cute” Shiraz labels, but at least the wine in this bottle is pretty good. A bit of shoe polish gives the nose a lifted character, which serves to accentuate the wine's woodsmoke and black olive aromas. The crisply structured palate offers a slight bitter coffee-herbal element, but also plenty of ripe blackberry fruit and a persistent, slightly dusty finish.

    — J.C. Published 12/31/2008
  • 88 Points
    Strait Jacket 2005 Shiraz (Western Australia)

    The U.S. doesn't really need more “cute” Shiraz labels, but at least the wine in this bottle is pretty good. A bit of shoe polish gives the nose a lifted character, which serves to accentuate the wine's woodsmoke and black olive aromas. The crisply structured palate offers a slight bitter coffee-herbal element, but also plenty of ripe blackberry fruit and a persistent, slightly dusty finish.

    — J.C. Published 12/31/2008
  • 88 Points
    Strait Jacket 2005 Shiraz (Western Australia)

    The U.S. doesn't really need more “cute” Shiraz labels, but at least the wine in this bottle is pretty good. A bit of shoe polish gives the nose a lifted character, which serves to accentuate the wine's woodsmoke and black olive aromas. The crisply structured palate offers a slight bitter coffee-herbal element, but also plenty of ripe blackberry fruit and a persistent, slightly dusty finish.

    — J.C. Published 12/31/2008
  • 88 Points
    Strait Jacket 2005 Shiraz (Western Australia)

    The U.S. doesn't really need more “cute” Shiraz labels, but at least the wine in this bottle is pretty good. A bit of shoe polish gives the nose a lifted character, which serves to accentuate the wine's woodsmoke and black olive aromas. The crisply structured palate offers a slight bitter coffee-herbal element, but also plenty of ripe blackberry fruit and a persistent, slightly dusty finish.

    — J.C. Published 12/31/2008