Mitcham Estate South Australian Shiraz 2008

New Zealand International Wine Show 2010 GOLD Medal

London International Wine Show 2011 - BRONZE

Shiraz can offer a moody, serious set of flavours, and this has such things a-plenty. As well as the usual ripe blackberries and mulberries, it has the whiffs of dark cured charcuterie meats, neatly offset by the dry spicy edge of seasoned oak. The taste follows smoothly, similarly, with its intense, moody, dark fruit mince and cured meat tones counterbalanced by fine, velvety tannins. It´s juicy, yet adult; fruity yet dry; complex, yet well-proportioned, with all its components sitting in tidy balance. It leaves the drinker see-sawing between satisfaction and yearning for more, and is perfectly suited to juicy roast steaks of beef, duck, rare-cooked kangaroo, or haunch of venison.

When we are offered small parcels of wine we often consult with Peter Saunders, long time wine critic, and author of 25 editions of A guide to New Zealand wine. His thoughts are "A nice lusty South Australian red, big, hearty and mouth-filling. A well-balanced Shiraz fruit in a well-made style. Ready for dinner – or tasty cheese. Will cellar well also for three years."



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