Community Tasting Note
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jkscully Likes this wine:
October 15, 2017 - This is another attractive, though not complex Australian Shiraz: the palate ranges from cranberry to blueberry and there are attractive notes of cinnamon, chocolate, and coffee on the finish. This is not a cerebral wine, but it is polished and hedonistic. As many on cellartracker have noted, this wine represents good value, but I think it lacks the sophistication to compete with anything over $40 (still, not bad for a $24 wine). I wanted it to pop more with food, but it was an ok match with skirt steak pinwheels stuffed with parsley, parmesan, and lemon peel.
Sometiems I try to imagine what I would have guessed if I tasted the wine blind and, in this case, I think I would have guessed Ribera del Duero. In the future, I would be curious to compare a Ribera del Duero with a few Syrahs. How similar are balsamico and garrigue in terms of flavor profile?2,355 views
2 Comments
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tenorselbow commented:
3/4/18, 6:50 PM - Amazing. When I tasted the wonderful 2007 Cruz de Alba Crianza from Ribera del Duero, my first thought was Bin 28!
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jkscully commented:
3/4/18, 7:26 PM - Interesting! Thanks for sharing!