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Australian Shiraz "State of Origin"

Niall

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Niall

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This Recent wine tasting that I attended was quite interesting; basically 15 excellent Shirazes from each of the 4 wine producing states were chosen by a winemaker and tasted blind by 1: a panel of judges and 2: the public; it seems that the public doesn't agree with the judges in this case.....

I only got through about 40 of the wines, but my favs were the McGuigan Genus 4, the Briar ridge Karl stockhausen and the Charles melton... there was lots of yummy stuff here.. I was interested to find that I rated some of australias best shirazes behind a $18 one......

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AdamLawrence

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That's interesting, thanks for posting; I tried the Plantagenet for the first time last weekend, and liked it very much. I think I tend to like slightly cooler-climate shiraz, stuff that's a bit more subtle than the big Barossa blockbusters. My absolute favourite Aussie shiraz remains Yarra Yering Dry Red No. 2. I drank a bottle of the '96 a month or so ago, and it was superb.

cheers

Adam

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