- Location
- London
My Australian wife's birthday so, after a few slugs of Tatty rose, opened this piece of history. I had a half glass last night via coravin which was quite restrained, if anything I would have said oldish pinot. However after wriggling out quite a wet cork and decanting, mainly to remove cork bits, we had this with a chunk of rib eye this evening.
First, still a deep red, little if any bricking. Rich nose with a mushroom touch, a tad funky, still dark fruit. Had thinned out a little on the palate to start with but, about an hour in, the shiraz elements really came through. Medium body, not massively complex but plenty still going on, still a nice very drinkable glass of wine, not just an academic exercise.
80% shiraz from Barossa and Langhorne, 20% cab from McLaren vale, made the same year as
Wolf Blass' first major trophy.
First, still a deep red, little if any bricking. Rich nose with a mushroom touch, a tad funky, still dark fruit. Had thinned out a little on the palate to start with but, about an hour in, the shiraz elements really came through. Medium body, not massively complex but plenty still going on, still a nice very drinkable glass of wine, not just an academic exercise.
80% shiraz from Barossa and Langhorne, 20% cab from McLaren vale, made the same year as



