Inky purple in color, shiny and bright. The nose has black raspberries and clay. Someone mentioned butterscotch and that works as well. On the palate, this has lots of black raspberry fruit and a "sandpaper" taste, if that makes sense. Good finish. Overall, this has a lot of fruit and oak, but if that is ok with you, this is a nice wine. It needs bigger foods to pair with.
This is a blend of 72% Shiraz, and 28% Cabernet Sauvignon from Australia. Purple in color with some ruby swirls, opaque and bright. The nose has black raspberries, black cherries, black pepper, and slight cedar. Full bodied. On the palate, there is a lot of black raspberry and black cherry fruit. Some alcohol is noticeable. It is very tasty but somewhat one dimensional. A throw-back to the Aussie Shiraz of twenty years ago. Good value if you like this style.
Inky purple in color and shiny bright. The nose has clay and black raspberries. On the palate, this is tight but with air, it unwinds in the glass. Black raspberry fruit. Slight tannins. Nice finish. Needs bigger foods. This retails for $55. It needs a couple more years to settle down or give it a few years of a decant.
Australia's most iconic wine. Always a pleasure to try one and this, at age 30 is just showing traces of age. Inky purple in color, opaque and bright. The nose has black raspberries, vanilla, spice and slight black pepper. On the palate, this is full bodied with medium tannins. Plenty of black raspberry fruit. Fresh with lots of energy. Plenty of depth. This is drinking well now but may still improve as it matures. It should drink well for another fifteen years or more. This is great on its own and will work with roasts and drilled meat, fowl or veggies.
