What is it that these 500 million year old Cambrian soils really do for the wine? What is the expression in the wine? These answers seemed tough to deduce upon drinking the wine or materialized upon scouring the web. Please help us out here. Heathcote - Temperate climate, once part of Bendigo Nose suggests higher level of acidity. i'm getting cabernet with a big black liquorice whiff. hints of iron. black fruit palate is part of the rich structure this wine carries. Climatic differences are very present between Heathcote and Coonawarra.
Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River
Hey, some tartrates!!! Obvious restraint on this elegant and mellow nose. black fruit and black liquorice. cherry syrah and hints of lavender on the palate.
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
brooding scratched red brick on the nose. Corked is suggested in the greenness. Thistley green notes.
Bottle 2 - what bottle variation...even more heavy on the green here, with some floral notes not found at all in the first bottle. black fruit and lavender. tannic power going on here.
This could become Charles Smith's new breakfast wine. Not for sale, but for his own personal consumption. OK, I guess we all really have that problem here, not just Chuck. Ben calls the Rye. Dead on. Rich fruit expression on the palate and so much weight for a sparkler. The fruit tannin component to these sparkling Shiraz's always throw me for a loop.
2006 Glaetzer Shiraz Bishop
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Oop, just tasted the chambers. Lots of blackberry fruit on the nose. Firm tannin and acid for Barossa.
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2006 John Duval Wines Shiraz Entity
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Coffee, espresso nose. Really a darker wine showing the roast.
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2006 Poonawatta Estate Shiraz The Cuttings
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Eden Valley
Sage + thyme nose with black pepper wind. exotic pepper on the palate.
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