Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia. Shiraz. 13%. Diam. Approx $A45.What a curious book and how unfortunate that it is only now that I have come across it. . . The Earth is not just an ordinary planet! There are one hundred and eleven kings, seven thousand geographers, nine hundred thousand businessmen, seven and a half million drunkards, three hundred and eleven million conceited individuals - in other words, approximately two thousand million grown-ups. . .
The grown up in me wants to say, this is bottle 802 of 4103 (4103 is not divisible by 6 or 12, but 11 does the trick nicely). Sadly after this, I will have no more. . . It's a gorgeous wine, immediately inviting and sensuous. An amalgam of crushed berries, juniper and raw meat. For the trainspotter, I thought there was also a hint of fresh earth and ginseng (unwashed root vegetables), two things I usually associate with stems and pinot noir. It's bright and mineral in the mouth, the intensity of the acids and flavours is quite superb, as is the multi-layered (savoury / smokey) complexity and the sappy super fine tannins. For the number obsessed adults - 95. Now - 2020.
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