2009 Rocky Gully Shiraz Viognier

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  4/27/2012 - Oh Dae-su wrote: 86 Points

  Its colour seemed to be very typical. Very dark and red and not really a great amount of particles. The nose got plenty of Christmas pastry, boiled plums, mild black pepper, slight petrol, some wet earth and strangely enough South-East-Asian fish market odour perceptions (plenty of dried fish). Nothing really to worry about. This rather odd impression eased with the time and was never as revolting as it may sound. Its taste was clearly more fruit driven and “New World’ish” as the Isolation Ridge Shiraz. Compared to the IRS I got far more obvious Aussie Shiraz warmth. But not exaggerated at all. The fruitiness was dominated by plums plums plums. Slightly boiled plums maybe. Besides that I got flavours of cherry pie, some Christmas feelings (again) and, most contenting, some very fine and fresh acid. The alcohol was very well integrated, the fruit sweetness not too intense and its concentration as well as finish somehow medium. The tannins might have been a bit’y hard!?! No real problem about that! In conclusion: Certainly not a complex or intellectually challenging wine. More adequate for some uncomplicated easy drinking sessions with typical Aussie Shiraz features. Whatever that might mean ;-)?

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  11/16/2011 - AlexGarner wrote: 93 Points

  A cracking value wine with a tobacco leaf and earthy nose with a funky, forest floor element - this is fantastic Australian cool climate Shiraz, and I would have picked it as a Rhone if I didn't already know it wasn't. The palette is smooth and chocolatey with great acidity and smooth tannins with a blackberry finish. Very tidy for the price, which was AU$12.

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