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Near-optimum rainfall over winter, followed by dry, mild conditions over spring provided a good environment for budburst and an ideal start to the growing season with canopies developing well. Climatic conditions favoured flowering and set with mild and calm weather, however there was some shatter in Shiraz across parts of the state resulting in small crops for many regions. Some early to mid-December summer rainfall was follo...
d'Arenberg Cenosilicaphobic Cat 2009 / Seriously? What would possibly possess someone to name a wine that?
Better I let them tell the story – “Growing up, fourth generation winemaker, Chester Osborn, had a large ginger cat with blood shot eyes named Non Alcoholic Booze.
In typical Australian fashion this was shortened to Booze after he was caught cleaning up a small red wine spill with his tongue. He developed quite a taste for red after that, but was denied access to his new found love by the concerned Osborn family. Consequently Non Alcoholic Booze lived a frustrated life, because despite his nickname, he suffered a monumental case of Cenosilicaphobia (the fear of an empty glass).”
I am not making that up!
The wine itself is a blend of 91% sagrantino and 9% cinsaut, but this vintage won't be released till mid 2012.
Tight, still very youthful Firm tannins and a wine that clearly needs some time to settle. Really quite concentrated. It does need a few years, by when it should be a very different wine. At the moment, too tannic for me.
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