Barossa, South Australia. Shiraz. 14.5%. Screwcap. Approx $A30-35 (Vintage Cellars).Just like the more expensive Dan Standish wines, like The Relic, this is beautifully packaged. No back label, all the information is on the front, embossed and somewhat hidden, a scribble of geographic and volumatic data.
If you like heroic wines with big balls, then this is for you. . .
A black wine, which smells like a vapourised bar of Cadbury Fruit & nut. Indulgent childhood memories encroach and all I can discern is chocolate and raisins and the warmth of an Australian summer. Sweet, slightly sticky and full, this reminds me of Port, it's diffuse, warming and disarming. It's an argument you just can't win. It seems wrong, too big and overdone, but before you know it, half a bottle is gone and you're seduced and babbling. . . 90. Now - 2013.
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