Water Wheel Shiraz + 2013
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Suckling
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Parker
Robert
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James Suckling
Here is a spicy and fun shriaz-based red with dried fruit and black pepper character. Medium to light body. Lively finish. One of the best value reds coming out of Oz.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2013 Shiraz delivers intense notes of warm blackberries, blackcurrants and licorice with and undercurrent of incense. Full-bodied and packed with spicy black fruit preserves flavors, it has a velvety frame and nice line of freshness taking it to a long finish.
Though Syrah originated in the Rhône Valley of France, Australia is home to the oldest Syrah (called Shiraz here) vines on the planet. Found in Australia’s Barossa Valley, where phylloxera has never threated viticulture, these ancient vines are between 140 to 175 years old!
Having brought fame and merit to the country’s wine scene since the early 1950s, namely via the debut of Penfolds Grange, today Syrah (Shiraz) claims rank as the most widely planted grape in Australia. In fact, the amount of land dedicated to Shiraz in Australia is now almost equivalent to what it is in France. Australian Shiraz has its own personality with flavors and aromas of intense blackberry, fruitcake, menthol, tobacco leaf and umami. Conveniently one can find great Australian Shiraz at a variety of price points but the very best will be dense, gloriously complex and capable of long aging.