Community Tasting Note

• forceberry wrote: 89 points

  October 7, 2015 - Dark, concentrated and quite opaque blackish red color. Rich, complex and surprisingly perfumed nose with extracted aromas of dark, concentrated fruits, fragrant floral tones, ripe blackberries and other dark fruits, a little bit of toasty oak spice and a lifted hint of sweet VA. The wine is dense, concentrated and quite powerful with opulent flavors of ripe plummy fruits, sweet blackberries, some sunny red fruit, a little bit of peppery spices and bitterness, light oaky notes of sweet toasted wood and a hint of vanilla. The acidity feels medium, making the mouthfeel rather smooth, yet the wine really doesn't taste soft or flabby due to the firm and grippy - yet not aggressive - tannins. The finish is long, bitter and quite mouth-drying with firm, grippy tannins and rich flavors of very ripe blackberries, succulent plummy fruit, some peppery spice, a little bit of sweet figs and a hint of rich, somewhat chocolatey oak.
  
  A big and concentrated powerhouse of a wine, which is pretty typical for Barossa Valley Shiraz. However, it is notable how surprisingly balanced and enjoyable this wine is for one that is so big, bold and modest in acidity. This is definitely a weighty wine with a lot of substance, but still it doesn't feel over-extracted and the oak use feels quite judicious in relation to the fruit. Not really a wine for my taste, but it's pretty obvious that this is a well-made Barossa Shiraz in any case. If you're a fan of powerful new world fruit bombs, add a handful of points to my rating.

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2 Comments

• Henman commented:

  9/27/18, 8:56 AM - Hi forceberry,
  is this wine worth cellaring? The drinking window suggests it should be kept for some years still ...

• forceberry commented:

  9/28/18, 2:21 AM - It's hard to say, because I have so little experience on these modern new world fruit bombs. However, I suspect the wine will at least keep - if not develop - for some 8-10 after the vintage, perhaps even longer. So most likely there is definitely no hurry with this one.

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