Flinders Run,
Southern Flinders Ranges, Baroota,
Australia, Shiraz
2005
For a quick relaxing dinner at Angelis's, our favorite local Italian restaurant, we took this old standby, one
of our absolute favorite wines with a huge QPR (Quality Price Ratio). It goes great with the spicy Italian fare.
We first discovered this wine down in
central Illinois wineshop Friar Tuck's. We bought some and brought it
home and loved it. We bought case quantities from Southern Hemisphere
Wines in Huntington Beach, SoCal. Eventually Binny's featured this wine and we bought it
all and are fortunate to still have a supply as we continue to enjoy this wine
which is still holding it owns despite its eight years of age.
Dark inky colour - full bodied, rich thick chewy - symphony of
flavors of sweet currant, ripe plum, red raspberry, blueberry, a layer
of mocha accented by hints of
pepper, vanilla, and spice, and a lingering essence of creme brulee'
and cedar on the long full soft finish. At eight years old, this wine is holding its own although the fruit may be starting to fall off a bit and lose some of its tongue coating dense richness, but its still delicious.
RM 92 points.
