Exciting release of Billi Billi Shiraz, showing rich plum and dark berry fruit alongside some spicy complexity. Terrific depth of flavour and length. A low yielding year, producing both concentration and length of flavour in the wines. An excellent growing season, with wines consistently showing good 'Langi' spiciness, complimenting generous berry fruit characters. Deep, dense purple; Blackberry and dark cherry fruits, layered with oriental spice and complex cool climate characters. Fine tannins are supported by bright berry fruit and delicate spice characters, medium bodied with good length of palate. Up to 8 years; Growing Season - An extremely dry and warm summer with near perfect flowering conditions in December. A warm January and February led to excellent grape maturity.
This highly lauded winery creates plenty of excitement with its big gun $100-ish shiraz and this smart little fellow keeps up its end pulling together fruit from the winery's Grampians home territory as well as Swan Hill, and Bendigo to make a fantastic medium to full-weighted red showing sweet spot ripeness and a dash of pepper leaf spice. Lovely drinking, great price - what more could you ask for. Rating: * * * * 4.5 out of 5 stars - A cut above; Value: Brilliant; Food: Black bean beef; August 2011; Tony Love, National Wine Writer, Herald Sun
This 2008 release needs an extra 12 months (or so) in the bottle to smooth itself out through the finish, but quality-wise overall it is excellent. It tastes Victorian and that's always a good thing. Cracked pepper, cherry-plum, some mulberry and blackberry and earth. Maybe there's a kiss of malty, toasty oak but it's subtle and integrated. Good amount of both fruit flesh and tannin. It's just a beaut drinking wine. Vintage: 2008 Score: 91 points; Campbell Mattinson; The Wine Front
On the bargain trawl? Buy the lesser labels of the greatest makers. Baby Langi is made like its senior siblings, open fermented and matured in small barrels. This low-yielding vintage has produced a juicy quaffer packed with mixed spice, pepper and rich plum and berry compote.
Vintage: 2008 Score: 91 points; Tyson Stelzer
An aromatic shiraz from Victoria's Grampians region, a very old wine area with a proud heritage. Thenose has floral and herbal overtones to berry fruit, with a choclately background thread. In the mouth it's quite elegant, with gentle berry flavours, attractive freshness of flavour, easy balance and soft tannins. Vintage: 2008 Score: 4 stars; Ralph Kyte-Powell ; Source: Epicure - The Age
Highly perfumed red and blue fruit bouquet, with orange and cinnamon playing a pivotal role; the palate is fresh, lovely and lithe, with the spice coming to the fore on the medium-bodied finish. Drinking: To 2020; 92 Points; James Halliday