97 Point Rated & 5 Stars Sam Kim Wine Orbit

"A magnificent offering, the wine presents black and blueberry notes, toasted spice, vanillin oak, and rich floral aromas on the nose. The concentrated palate is opulent yet refined with impressive persistence. Wonderfully complemented by plush texture and seamlessly woven tannins, making it superbly structured and gratifying. At its best: 2027 to 2042. $100.00. www.glaetzer.com. May 2025."

96 Point Rated - Erin Larkin Robert Parker Wine Advocate 

"The 2022 Amon-Ra Shiraz speaks so clearly of the Glaetzer house style: that is to say, sleek, polished, powerful, seamless and fruit-driven. These are wines that speak of the Barossa in their earthy splay of pliable tannin, but they have a vibrance to the fruit that is most attractive. So, while these wines harness the place—this wine could hardly be from anywhere else—they do it in a restrained kind of way. Not that you could call this 2022 Amon-Ra Shiraz "restrained" and get away with it. More to comment on the fact that Barossa is yoked and controlled in this wine. I like it a lot. There are notes of dark chocolate, black cherries, raspberry pastille and even pomegranate molasses, alongside sweet paprika, ironstone and red earth, roasted meat and a throw of tapenade. This is really good. 15% alcohol, sealed under screw cap."

97 Point Rated - Ray Jordan Wine Pilot 

"A wine that speaks with passion about its Barossa heritage. Generously full-flavoured with masses of concentrated dark fruit delivered with layered richness. The small crop from a reasonably challenging vintage produced fruit with the concentration and balance to create a wine like this. It’s opulent, yes, but there is an effortless stylishness that elevates it into another zone. Licorice and blackberry notes with plush dark plum and a lift of spice all play their roles. Fine chalky tannins and plenty of balanced oak add the final touch to a very good wine with staying power."

96 Point Rated - Dave Brookes James Halliday Wine Companion 

"I feel that Ben Glaetzer's Amon-Ra is one of the flag bearers for contemporary Barossan shiraz, certainly when it comes to the more powerful, weighty styles. It has a sense of compression. Wildly concentrated black fruits and palate heft, yet it displays freshness and form; supple, lithe and possessed of northern subregional power writ large. There's an imperious tannin structure but the fruit just sucks it all up and charges on. One for the sybaritic indulger of Barossan wine. It's a ripper." 

96 Point Rated - Angus Hughson Vinous

"This seriously classy 2022 Amon-Ra is seamless and beautifully pitched with focus and refinement. Yet, it delivers powerful aromas of black licorice, fennel seed, and a core of blackberries dusted with star anise enriched by sweet, balanced oak. Impressive energy with a streamlined shape comes forward before building layers of sweet and savory tones. Chewy, fine tannins punctuate a finish of exceptional length. A stunning young wine that will build in bottle."

96 Point Rated - Aaron Brasher The Real Review

"Dense, dark, deep and opaque in the glass. Heady aromas of stewed pum, coffee, sweet oak, dark chocolate, mulberry, iodine and ferrous earth. Dense, dark, powerful and mouth-filling in flavour. There’s lashings of brooding, fleshy dark fruits, along with nutty oak, spice, shapely tannins and a decent lick of acidity. An exercise in power, concentration, boldness and ultimately, balance."

94 Point Rated - James Suckling

"The shiraz shows balance, texture, drive and vivacity. Dark cherries, blackberries, wild herbs and baking spices on the nose, following through to a full body with fine tannins. Refined texture here, with fleshy berry character mingling with spices and herbs on the focused palate. Well driven and precise with a long, flavorful finish. Drink or hold."

Gold Medal 

Dave Brookes James Halliday Wine Companion