Deep dark crimson red with very purple hues this wine has big long legs and a wonderfully fruit dominated nose. Dark ripe cherry, plums and blackberry jam on the nose with a floral undertone. The palate is silky smooth with soft subtle tannins, well balanced acid and beautiful summer berry flavours in a juicy juicy mouth feel and great length that leaves your mouth watering. Gentle sweetness there that is attractive but still not too much as to actually call this sweet. There is a distinct lack of the big savoriness that is often desirable with a big shiraz but there is a little earthiness there if you look through the fruit, past the fruit and then think less about the ummmm fruit.
Hmmm how do I say this to make it easy... YUM!! very very fruity so if thats not your bag then let it be but if you don't mind a slap in the face with fruit and a big juicy shiraz then this is beautiful. Fruit, fruit and more fruit with subtle tannins and acids that balance this out to be a beautiful easy drinking shiraz.I believe this wine regularly grabs mid 90's from the big writers and rightly so. 9.5 from me your humble wine drinker and oenophile (wine lover in fancy talk) and a big thumbs up.
This will be available from most anywhere in the range of $17.99 by the case right through to $22-24 and at any of those price points it's a real steal. Almost every good wine buying website will have this available and based on my last and recent tastings of both the 06 and 08 from my cellar any of them are worth the money you'll pay from wherever you can get them from.
Again this is not necessarily the epitome or the stereotype of a cracking Barossa shiraz but let me tell you slap this in front of any wine drinker worth his salt and you will almost guaranteed get two thumbs up on pure consumablility. I can't fault anything about it though in real honesty and if you find anyone who can I'd love to know why. So don't wait... no really get up now... yes now!! Go buy a bottle crack the stelvin and throw it down ya neck cause you really won't regret it! Good luck and happy drinking.
