Annie's Lane Copper Trail Shiraz 2005

Annie's Lane Copper Trail Shiraz is this much loved winery's flagship wine. The 2005 vintage has been a star on the wine show circuit, amassing three trophies and winning both the 2009 Visy Shiraz Challenge and the 2009 Winestate World's Greatest Shiraz Challenge.

"It's mellow, rich, seriously kissed by chocolatey oak and flooded with plummy, inky, minty fruit flavour."  Campbell Mattinson

Expert reviews

"This Annie's Lane Copper Trail Shiraz 2005 has been a star of the wine show circuit, and it's not hard to see why. It has been in stores for a while, but if you like a big, high-quality red, hunt this down. It's a big softie! It's mellow, rich, seriously kissed by chocolatey oak and flooded with plummy, inky, minty fruit flavour. It hits your tongue like a mat of wet velvet and slips all the way to the back of your throat in one delicious flow of unfettered flavour. It has tannin structure, too, but as part of the wine – this is about flavour more than anything else. It will cellar, but it's arguably best consumed within our recommended timeframe."  Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front - 95 points

"Great colour and depth; a rich, supple, round medium- to full-bodied palate; fleshy and blackberry and plum fruit; ripe tannins."  James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion - 94 points

"Long and smooth, this supple and elegant shiraz has a heady, dark and spicy perfume of blackberries, dark plums and cedar backed by nuances of game meats, minerals, leather and iodide. Deeply layered but restrained and fine-grained, it steadily builds intensity of flavour towards a long, savoury and charmingly balanced finish."  Jeremy Oliver - 93 points

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About the winery 

Before the Annie's Lane brand was established, the winery was known as Quelltaler Estate, which dates back to 1851. The winery was renamed Annie's Lane after Annie Wayman who delivered hot food and drinks to the pruners of the vineyard in the early 1900's. Her horse and cart got bogged along one of the vineyard's boundaries, so it was decided that it would be apt to name the winery after the lady who selflessly served the workers and pruners of the Clare Valley region.

Annie's Lane wines are sourced from some of the oldest vines in Clare Valley in South Australia and it is one of Australia's leading single region wineries with a loyal following. Annie's winemaking philosophy is about crafting wines with minimal intervention, keeping the wine as natural as possible to maximize fruit flavour and intensity.

Annie's Lane is part of the giant Treasury Wine Estates portfolio. They recently sold part of the vineyards and the existing Quelltaler 1,000 tonne winery to Seppeltsfield, but retained ownership of the Annie's Lane brand, which they will continue to produce and distribute.