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Platinum Label Medlands Vineyard Shiraz 2004

Wolf Blass, South Eastern, Australia

Wolf Blass
South Eastern Australia
  • 94
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  • Country ranking ?

    179

  • Producer ranking ?

    4

  • Decanting time

    2h

  • When to drink

    2020-2035

  • Food Pairing

    Lamb

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Platinum Label Shiraz was first created from the 1998 vintage to honour Australia's most iconic grape variety, shiraz, and the region we call our home, the Barossa. This marriage of region and variety is one of long-standing excellence, so we set out to create the ultimate wine to express both region and variety, capturing the very essence of Barossa Shiraz.

The very best of Barossa Shiraz is expressed within a cloak of lifted fruit and the...

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Wolf Blass Platinum Shiraz 2004 

A mix of Barossa and Eden Valley fruit, 20 months in new French oak. Screwcap as noted, and these samples all came from the winery, so one assumes infinite care exhibited. When I opened the screwcap, there was a dark gooey sludge in the neck of the bottle. I thought this did not augur well, but I suspect that the bottle must have been angled down and what was becoming sediment was simply settling there. I poured the first half inch down the sink and problem solved. No further issues at all and the wine performed beautifully. A deep red colour, this was a little more rustic and old fashioned than most in the range. And absolutely nothing wrong with that at all. Slightly more herbal, there were cigar box notes, florals, game and animal skins. Warm earth. Truffles. The texture was pleasingly soft, as were the tannins. Good length of flavour. This is now quite mature but be in no rush, it has plenty of time ahead, although the sediment might build up more than expected. A lovely lingering wine, good balance and very seductive. KG 94p.

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Origin

Barossa Valley, South Eastern

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