This smells and tastes of sherry, so it may be oxidizing. The dark fruits are still rich, quite hot and alcoholic on the finish. The structure is still there, but it's not knocking my socks off.
Medium to dark purple red. Nicely transparent. Woah. Full & rich complex aromas. Rasberry, chocolate, pepper & rose. Hard to identify. Intense tangy toasted plum. The fruit seems slightly underripe to me. Long acid oriented finish, with dark black berries subtle, but lasting the longest. Very interesting wine. Pushy and up front with a ton of aroma and flavour. Let's see how it opens up.
This Shiraz is made from estate grown fruit from the vineyard of my father-in-law (a.k.a 'Mad Dog' Munzberg). We get the pick of Mad Dog's Shiraz, from 35 year old vines, age it in French oak for 18 months (combination of new and 2-3 year old), to make a wine that is aromatic and supple on the palate. Always being careful not to pick the fruit too ripe, we aim for a flavourful yet subtle wine, with fine tannins and pure fruit expression.
There was rasberry to the left of me, rasberry to the right - here I am stuck in the middle with you! There was rasberries on the nose and your initial taste suggests plush, sweet rasberries. This wine gushes rasberries . The tannins were good and firm and there was good complexity and intensity. At $35 it is a little on the expensive side compared to some of the value at lesser prices BUT compared to other $35 wines it certainly holds its own! YUM!
