1989 Taltarni Shiraz

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  4/17/2009 - graemeg wrote:

  Pyrenees Wineries' Visit (Pyrenees, Vic): Here’s a tryptich of characteristic shirazes. A mild garnet red with some brown-brick tints, the 1989 {cork 12.5%} is notable for its mellow cigar-box aromas, with spiced Christmas fruits. Its nicely structured on the palate, with high-toned acid and medium-weight powdery tannins carrying fruit flavours that still retain some plummy freshness, even after twenty years. There’s plenty of weight to the finish, and a good rich mid-palate too. Quite an eye-opener. The 1993 {cork, 12.5%}, marginally darker in colour, adds aromas of wet leaves and forest floor to the remnants of plums and red berries. A medium-bodied wine in every sense, it offers softer tannins, dusty red fruit, spice and sandalwood. It’s dryly beguiling, with an even persistent cool finish. A beautifully balanced example of 15-year-old Pyrenees shiraz. The 1995 {cork, 13.2%} is appreciably younger than its siblings, with seamless plum fruits and subtle oak aromas. Soft chalky tannins are unobtrusive beneath the medium-full body of this wine, with its long arc of ripe fruit flavours which extend the length of the palate, and conclude with a lengthy seductive finish of great charm. A tribute to the elegant aging ability of Pyrenees shiraz.

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