2006 Henry's Drive Pillar Box Reserve
Community Tasting Note
Czara96 Likes this wine:
Friday, May 4, 2018 - Ok I learned from a great wine maker when I lived in Italy that if you profile a great wine based on varietal, region, climate, and winery, you can push the envelope by aging beyond the norm. There is inherent risk in the wine going off but if you store properly and take a calculated risk, well baboom - magic in the bottle. I have the algorithm for this - shhh.
The Tranformational Wine Experiment:
This ‘06 Pillar Box Reserve Shiraz at 16% alc. opened up with a pop and pour to a beautiful dark plum colour with a pronounced dark berry, plum and liquorice profile. Very balanced and stable with good tannins and great acidity. Remarkable wine for 12 years and given the suggested drink window was through 2011. This is well beyond the drink window but this is drinking like a big bold Aussie! Paired with butter chicken and basmati rice - spectacular.
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Comment posted by tenorselbow:
5/6/2018 2:46:00 PM - Thanks for this. I have 3 bottles left of the 2008. Now I have two years left to locate a restaurant with good butter chicken and basmati rice.