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Campbell Mattinson Shiraz 2007
Lazy Ballerina shiraz hasn't skipped a beat since it burst onto the scene with the 2004 vintage. It was almost a lark for owner/winemaker/viticulturist James Hook back then but it's become far more serious now that he's moved into his own winemaking digs. This bloke is a star in the making - if he's not already.
Two things: this weighs in at 15.5% alcohol but it barely shows it. And anyway, it's just a bloody brilliant wine. James Hook has 100% done it again. This has structure and weight, length and mouthfeel. It's syrupy smooth and rich and carries its lake of tannin with ease. It's gorgeous now, all melted chocolate, tar and dense dark blackberries, its gently vanillin aftertaste perfectly pitched. Forget the price, this is top shelf. Oh, and it will be good in ten years time too. Back up the truck.
Rated : 95 Points
Alcohol : 15.5%
Closure : Procork
Drink : 2009 - 2020
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Campbell Mattinson Shiraz 2006
I love the combination of long, elegant structure and ripe, rich fruit that winemaker James Hook gets into his wines, and this is a great example of it.Rich blackberry, plums and chocolate flavour, an integrated, smoky oak edge pitching the wine terrifically. Top echelon McLaren Vale shiraz.
Drink: 2008-2018. 94 points. |
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Philip White Shiraz Viognier 2006
James Hook, the vine scientist, wrangles this California Road vineyard, mostly for a local refinery that which uses the fruit as a strengthening essence. Nothing industrial about James' share: fanatical environmentally concious attention to detail growing, minimal watering, and on through all the traditional winemaking you can think of at Redhead Studio. I wonder how much that shagged dancer has drunk; this sets MY feet tapping. It's beautiful, wholesome, dense shiraz. And quite rightfully, the few percent viognier adds only the fine tannin, not the sickening peach syrup some boofheads insist on. A year or two of dungeon will see this glory really glow.
Cassoulet. 93 +++ points. |
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Gary Walsh Shiraz 2006
I am not lazy really, just a bit short of time, but this wine put a bit oa spring in my step. Half way through tasting I slipped into my tights and did a grand jeté across the lounge room. Invigorating.
Rich and full with aromas of blackberry, chocolate, plum pudding and coffee oak. On the palate full bodied, mouthfilling and thick with plenty of extract and chunky chalky tannins spreading along the mouth like a steamroller flattening warm tar. It has flavours of plum and blackberry, chocolate, coffee and some earthiness with excellent length of flavour.
A big wine offering big value. 94 Points |
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