Townsville Bulletin, 08-Apr-09

Lloyd Reserve Shiraz - a pleasure to drink

"Coriole Lloyd Reserve Shiraz, a traditional but modern classic, is robust with a beautifully balanced style. The wine has intense ripe aromas of blackberry, plums, spice and chocolate with succulent palate richness, fruit sweetness and gentle tannins. It is a pleasure to drink. This wine can be consumed when young or can be cellared for many years."

Rob and Patricia Rose

2001 Lloyd Reserve Shiraz - Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate USA Nov 2005

"...dense ruby/purple color is followed by a sweet nose of earth, black fruits, pepper and pungent spices. Soft and savory, with spicy oak, underbrush, and herb characteristics, it is a fruit-forward, generous, attractive Shiraz to drink over the next 7-8 years."

Wine Advocate Newsletter, 21-Nov-05

2002 Lloyd Reserve - 90 points

"...sweet blackberry fruit infused with white flower and licorice notes. This elegantly styled, medium to full-bodied effort possesses sweet tannin, subtle wood, and a layered, velvety-textured finish."

Robert Parker Jnr

Australian Gourmet Traveller, 02-Mar-04

2000 Lloyd Reserve Shiraz - 90 points

"The Lloyd Reserve label was created in 1989 to honour Hugh Lloyd, who founded Coriole in 1967. This wine's fruit comes from 80-year-old vines; it shows all the concentration and savoury richness we expect from the best shiraz this country has to offer. Drink it now if you must, but will be at its best from 2010."

Peter Bourne

The Age (Melbourne), 09-Sep-03

2000 Lloyd Reserve Shiraz - Wine of the Week

"Coriole combines McLaren Vale tradition with innovative thinking to come up with a fascinating range of wines - and good olive oil. The company was among the first to experiment with Italian Sangiovese some years ago, but the local staple, Shiraz, wasn't forgotten. At Coriole, Shiraz takes two forms: the standard label made in the honest, hearty regional style, and the Lloyd Reserve, which takes things into blockbuster territory. The 2000 has glass-staining colour and a potent nose of syrupy dark berries and mocha-like barrel ferment smells. The palate is mouth-coating and dense with smoky-rich, chocolate flavour, toasty oak, great length and big ripe tannins."

Ralph Kyte-Powell

The Weekend Australian, 05-Feb-03

Coriole Vineyards - consistent excellence

"Coriole has earned its reputation as one of the blue-blood producers of McLaren Vale shiraz, with a 30-year track record of consistent excellence."

James Halliday

The Wine Advocate, 01-Oct-02

1999 Lloyd Reserve Shiraz - 93 points

"The blockbuster 1999 Shiraz Lloyd Reserve (fashioned from vineyards planted in 1920) boasts an impenetrable purple colour, in addition to strikingly provocative aromas of blackberries, violets, minerals and camphor. Enormously constituted with full body, sweet tannin, oodles of blackberry, cherry and cassis fruit, intermixed with liquorice and spice, this opulent lush Shiraz appears to be more evolved than previous vintages. While already accessible, it appears set for a long life. Anticipated maturity now - 2016."

1999 Lloyd Reserve Shiraz - 90 points

"Dark, dense and chunky, most impressive for its bulging core of berry and cherry fruit, shaded with exotic spice and cedar notes as the flavours linger on the firm finish."

Harvey Steiman