winemaker's notes:
The 2005 Greg Norman Estates
Limestone Coast Shiraz is deep, dark red with purple hues. Intense, lifted aromas
of ripe, dark plum, blackberry, sweet vanillin and spice with light subtle hints of
blueberry and blackcurrant fruit, all portend to a generous palate that is full
flavored, balanced and long. The palate, though big and opulent, has an elegant,
smooth texture, some mocha and cedar oak character combined with ripe, dark
berry fruit and fine tannins. The mid palate's ripe berry flavors will, with time,
reveal more complex characters such as dark chocolate, licorice, wood smoke
and warm leather, as the wine ages and evolves. A full bodied, rich, rewarding
Shiraz that expresses the warmth of the Australian vintage and the riper flavors,
obtainable from the renowned Limestone Coast regions - a wine both generous
and harmonious.
