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Mitcham Estate Shiraz 2008
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41/2 Stars - Winestate Annual Magazine
Gold -2nd Best Wine of Show - 2010 European Trunkfest International Wine Show
Gold - 'Wine for Asia' 2010 Singapore International Wine Competition.
Whew! this wine previously under the Export Cellar Reserve label is exactly the same & bursting with black cherry and brambly forrest fruit on the nose and hints of some nice oak and spice follows through nicely.
Big juicy spurts of flavour upfront but keeps going and builds with every lip smacking sip!
Vivid bright bulls blood red and displaying tons of blackberries, plums and delivers heaps of layered intense ripe berries and pepper with a long satisfying finish and over delivers like a $25.00 Reserve Shiraz should and at this price is gob smacking value.
I came across these very smart global suppliers of tremendous value South Australian wines and here is a smashing example of really, really good Shiraz from Limestone Coast, so I hope you enjoy and let all your mates get in on the action.
"Shiraz can offer a moody, serious set of flavours, and this has such things a-plenty. As well as the usual ripe blackberries and mulberries, it has the whiffs of dark cured charcuterie meats, neatly offset by the dry spicy edge of seasoned oak. The taste follows smoothly, similarly, with its intense, moody, dark fruit mince and cured meat tones counterbalanced by fine, velvety tannins. It’s juicy, yet adult; fruity yet dry; complex, yet well-proportioned, with all its components sitting in tidy balance. It leaves the drinker see-sawing between satisfaction and yearning for more, and is perfectly suited to juicy roast steaks of beef, duck, rare-cooked kangaroo, or haunch of venison." - Philip White.
Staff Tasting: After being impressed and, to be honest, a liitle surprised by the quality of Mitcham's 2005 Shiraz, we were looking forward to seeing if they could repeat it with a vintage from a less stellar year. The answer was a resounding and appropriate - yes they can!
Oaky, raspberry and chocolate cheescake nose, with a smooth tobacco, chocolate and fruit tart palate. This wine is drinking well now and will only improve over the next 7 years. Tasters: BK, TE, MM.
Ok... so here's how I enjoy this wine. Crack it open and use it in a chorizo, capsicum, chili and tomato pasta sauce. Put the sauce in the fridge overnight and close the wine. Next night.... WOW! - MM
15% Alc/Vol
Champions List – New Zealand 2010 International Wine Show.
Gold – New Zealand 2010 International Wine Show.
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WBW Rating: 94/100
Closure: Stelvin
Region: South Australia |
Winemaker: TBC
Drink now until: 2016
Alc/Vol: 14 %
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