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Friday, February 15, 2013
Steve Hoff Rossco's Shiraz 2004
Steve Hoff Rossco's ShirazSouth Australia Barossa Valley2004
From producer "Heritage Wines" situated in
the historic village of Marananga in the Barossa Valley. This small family-owned enterprise is run by winemaker, Steve Hoff, a
sixth generation descendant of early Barossa settlers,and his wife, Christine.
Steve Hoff also offers a lower priced Shiraz varietal label that provides a very nice easy drinking fruit filled Shiraz with a high QPR - quality to price ratio.
This bottle exhibited dark purple color, medium to full bodied, slightly funky with black berry fruit flavors overtaken by predominant leathery raisin accented by a smoke, meat, bacon, layer with mocha cassis flavors with a moderate tannin finish.
RM 84 points.
The funkiness makes me wonder if perhaps this was a slightly tainted bottle. This isn't as good as the lower priced Barossa Shiraz. .
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