Rhone style blend. These South African Shiraz’s style seems to be lacking something. Wellmade yes, but short on vision. Too expensive for the quality. Good but not great.
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Tasted blind. This is a pleasant wine that charms with sweet, candied red fruit and also has meaty and gamey complexity. I like the structure of moderate acidity, juicy ripe fruit, significant tannins, and new oak. Enjoyable now but should improve with a few years age. Rating: 92
Guess the wine: My read is Grenache, likely blended with mourvedre and/or Syrah. I will go with Southern Rhone. Gigondas. 3 years old.
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5/18/2023 - Jonasborgen wrote: 90 Points
Rhone style blend. These South African Shiraz’s style seems to be lacking something. Wellmade yes, but short on vision. Too expensive for the quality. Good but not great.
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3/1/2019 - Duderino Does not like this wine:
Corked!
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12/6/2017 - rmalloy Likes this wine: 92 Points
Tasted blind. This is a pleasant wine that charms with sweet, candied red fruit and also has meaty and gamey complexity. I like the structure of moderate acidity, juicy ripe fruit, significant tannins, and new oak. Enjoyable now but should improve with a few years age. Rating: 92
Guess the wine: My read is Grenache, likely blended with mourvedre and/or Syrah. I will go with Southern Rhone. Gigondas. 3 years old.
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8/8/2017 - pcwoz Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very fresh. Red fruits. Nice structure. Good length.
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7/8/2017 - datorr Likes this wine: 88 Points
Lovely soft, fruit-forward wine. More red than black fruit. "A second bottle would have gone down even better" according to my friend John.
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