De Lisio The Catalyst Shiraz/Grenache 2004
Rhone Red Blends
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Vintage
2004
Size
750ML
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"A blockbuster in the making, the 2004 Shiraz/Grenache The Catalyst (80% Shiraz and 20% Grenache aged in primarily neutral French wood) boasts fabulous aromas of flowers, lead pencil shavings, blackberries, cassis, and subtle wood. This full-bodied, intensely packed and stacked effort possesses huge fruit extract, wonderful, mouth-coating glycerin, and a purity as well as seamlessness that must be tasted to be believed. Drink this undeniably profound Australian red over the next 10-15 years." - Wine Advocate
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- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
During a visit to Australia in June of 2004 Benjamin Hammerschlag was assessing the portfolio of another young winemaker in McLaren Vale. During the tasting, the parcels that stood out time and again had come from Tony De Lisio’s vineyards. The impression stuck and yielded an extensive tasting of De Lisio’s wines. Consistently impressed, Hammerschlag approached De Lisio and discovered an Italian immigrant with 30 years of experience in McLaren Vale. De Lisio’s talents lie in the vineyard and his connection to other immigrants in the region give him access to some of the best fruit in the district which happen to meet the classic Epicurean Wines criteria; phenomenal raw materials transformed into wines that are jam-packed with intensity.
EPWDL04SG_2004 Item# 89073