Tuesday Blind Tastings
Claymore Wines Nirvana Reserve Shiraz 2012
Clare Valley, Australia
Price: $40
Rating: 94
Source: Cellar
Description: A dark colour with red on the rim. Mocha, satsuma plums, pepper and vanilla on the nose. The palate was sweet, spicy and potent with berry fruit, firm tannins and good acidity. A classy wine that was drinking well.
Tasting date: 18 June 2019
Standing Stone Vineyards, 215 Stella di Campalto, 144 stemware, 221 stones (flavor/aroma), 8, 84, 109, 127, 157, 180, 249, 290 Index 371 storage. See wine storage straw (flavor/aroma), 7 strawberry (flavor/aroma), 4, 5, 6, 42, 57, 74, 152, 157 structure, 37, 43; Chteau Canon-la-Gaffeliere, 63; Chteau Gruaud-Larose, 64; Chteau Kirwan, 64; Chteau Lynch-Bages, 62; Chteau Pontet-Canet, 62; Chteau Talbot, 63; Propiedad 2003, 154; St. Hippolyte 2002, 101; Seven Hills Merlot 2001, 212 sugar, 42, 43, 57, 92 Sullivan, Paul, 302 sulphur, 54 summer berries (flavor/aroma), 157 Summerhill Pyramid Winery, 223 supermarkets, 15 Supertuscan wines, 13940 sss wines, 184 sweat (flavor/aroma), 62 Swedish Hill, 215 sweet Champagne, 93 sweet cherry (flavor/aroma), 146, 205, 219 sweetness, 40, 42 sweet Vouvray, 108 sweet wines, 26, 27, 47, 57. See also specific wines Swiss Wine Communication AG, 301 Swiss wines, 18788 Sylvaner/Silvaner, 9, 27, 100, 180, 187, 260 Syrah/Shiraz, 6; Australia, 238, 239; Chile, 227, 229; Greece, 194; Italy, 142; Languedoc region, 124; pairing food with, 23, 25; Portugal, 169; Rhne region, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117; South Africa, 248; Spain, 157; United States, 199, 211 Szepsy, 190 372 1000 BEST WINE SECRETS T Taittinger, 96, 99 tangerine (flavor/aroma), 290, 292 Tannat, 6 tannins, 10, 20, 29, 30; aging and, 30, 31; Baco