This Aussie creation is an intense dark purple with pipe tobacco aromas and dark plum fruit with a touch of pepper at the end.
Peppery jammy fruit hit the palate in this new world fruit forward flavor bomb accompanied by a touch of bread and chocolate.
With some air time, the wine is just fuller with dark berry flavors abounding. This is a BIG wine. Drink accordingly. I paid under $11 for it. It's tasty and full but a carbon copy of so many other Shiraz's. Raise a glass.
I've been drinking a lot of Shirazes lately. Not Penfold's, which you review, but Rosemount, Jacob's Creek, Errazuriz, in addition to a slew of Old World versions. I prefer the ones that stand out from the crowd (like the ones above) because as you say, many of them can seem rather staid after a while.
ReplyDeleteYou should check out the WBW event happening this week. The topic is New World Shiraz. I've linked to more details over here. Cheers!
Thanks Marcus--Let us know if/when you find some super value Shiraz's. I'd like to try some if there is such a thing. The ones I have found that I adore are pricey--K Vintners; Jaffurs; for eg.
ReplyDeleteI happened to pick this up on monday night and I mostly agree with your assessment.
ReplyDeleteIt is a "flavor bomb," as you put it. I thought I smelled some strawberry notes as well.
I would definitely rate this better than the Bogle Petit Syrah you reviewd a while ago.
I love the blog that you have. I was wondering if you would link my blog to yours and in return I would do the same for your blog. If you want to, my site name is American Legends and the URL is:
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If you want to do this just go to my blog and in one of the comments just write your blog name and the URL and I will add it to my site.
Thanks,
David