With 15% alcohol one might misjudge this as one of those big boring shirazzes. However, the fruit was smooth, and the tannins as supple as the ballerina on the bottle (ha ha ha).
Garnet in colour
On the nose were cherries, anise, violets, and a woody, minty, forest floor type of aroma.
The palate featured well-balanced medium acid and tannin (smooth, smooth smooth but still there and enough to stand up against some meat), a sweet spice like nutmeg, and on sitting, prunes and slight oaky vanilla.
Lucky us! We had with some pizza with a little spice, went ok. Recommended and drinking well now.
