Tuesday Blind Tastings
Grant Burge Meshach Shiraz 2008
Barossa Valley, Australia
Price: $150
Rating: 94
Source: Dan Murphy's
Description: A dark colour with red on the rim. Plums, pepper and spice on the nose. The palate was rich and tight with up front fruit, firm tannins, good acidity and terrific length. A satisfying and moreish wine that is drinking well but will improve for 10 years plus.
Tasting date: 18 December 2018
flavors of roses, tar, and licorice, as well as black and red stone fruit. The wine is always rich in tannins and acidity, as well as alcohol and fruit extract. It is a wine that comes into its own after many years of bottle age. Italian Wine 10. 466.Enzo Boglietti produces exemplary Barolos brimming with ripe plum, tobacco, chocolate, smoke, and all thats fine in the world. Dip in after youve patiently granted the bottles some years to rest. Another noteworthy producer is Cavallotto, that makes chocolatety, spicy, fruit-drenched Barolos. Good winter wines. 467.Traditional Barolos are best ten to twenty years after the vintage. They tend to be unpleasant and tough before then. 468.Barbaresco is a strapping wine of considerable vigor, but less intense than Barolo. Another point of difference is Barbaresco matures quicker than Barolo, coming into its own five to ten years after vintage. 469.Some producers are making softer, easier drinking Barolos and Barbarsecos in response to the global demand for fruitier wine thats ready to drink young. Ceretto is a producer making Barolo wines in this more accessible style and Angelo Gaja makes a modern and friendly style of Barbaresco. 470.The hallmark flavors and aromas of Barbaresco wine are pretty much