Spinifex
Bête Noir Shiraz
Barossa Valley, Barossa, South Australia, Australia
Another candidate in the 41 wine lineup at the Downs Club tasted blind. Unlike many of the other candidates which had ripe black fruits from 2018, this had notes of dried meat and charcuterie. Full bodied - more savoury than fruit driven. Spinifex is a boutique Barossa producer. Winemaker is the Kiwi star, Peter Schell. Very Good.
Another candidate in the 41 wine lineup at the Downs Club tasted blind. Unlike many of the other candidates which had ripe black fruits from 2018, this had notes of dried meat and charcuterie. Full bodied - more savoury than fruit driven. Spinifex is a boutique Barossa producer. Winemaker is the Kiwi star, Peter Schell. Very Good.
Oct 29th, 2022Real good, lovely seeing this sort of expression coming out of the Barossa. Dark cherry, blackberry, blood plum but all the while underpinned by a lovely herbal character of juniper, ground black pepper and pink peppercorn. Acid feels unforced and natural with ripe and refined tannins. Delish.
Real good, lovely seeing this sort of expression coming out of the Barossa. Dark cherry, blackberry, blood plum but all the while underpinned by a lovely herbal character of juniper, ground black pepper and pink peppercorn. Acid feels unforced and natural with ripe and refined tannins. Delish.
Nov 21st, 2018Great fruit - blackberry, plum, maybe a bit of raspberry, well balanced with tannin that sits perfectly. Medium bodied with long finish. Modern Barossa!
Great fruit - blackberry, plum, maybe a bit of raspberry, well balanced with tannin that sits perfectly. Medium bodied with long finish. Modern Barossa!
Jun 3rd, 2016
More European in style
More European in style
Apr 14th, 2014
Qantas mixed dozen.# well worth it 😁 . Smooth, good on the noise, easy to drink 🍷
Qantas mixed dozen.# well worth it 😁 . Smooth, good on the noise, easy to drink 🍷
Dec 19th, 2018
Fun mix of both sour & jammy dark berries and green peppercorns.
Fun mix of both sour & jammy dark berries and green peppercorns.
Jan 5th, 2018
Beautiful garnet. Mouthful of plum and cherry with some pepper and earthiness to balance.
Beautiful garnet. Mouthful of plum and cherry with some pepper and earthiness to balance.
Sep 3rd, 2016
Unfortunately this wine reminds me too much of the Wolf Blass Grey Label I tipped down the sink last week. At $31 a bottle from VinoMofo I was expecting greatness, but all I get is a cold glass of disappointment. This wine is much better structured than the wolf blass, but there is simply not enough sweetness in the fruit to counterbalance the underling salinity of the wine. The VM tasting notes promise a wine "heady with spiced red plum and cherry flavours", but all I get is a thin saline, slightly iodised flavour of something that might be fruit related. Probably more accurate is the winemakers note that there is "Potent herb infused fruit on attack". There is certainly a potent herbal complexity to the wine, with layer upon layer of green herbal notes (predominately sage) along with underlying tar notes. But I just can't get past that iodised salinity on the front of the palate. It tastes like I should be gargling with it for medicinal purposes. Sadly my first VinoMofo return.
P.S. That salinity in the wine meant that it paired exquisitely with food, but on its own it was just too unbalanced.
Unfortunately this wine reminds me too much of the Wolf Blass Grey Label I tipped down the sink last week. At $31 a bottle from VinoMofo I was expecting greatness, but all I get is a cold glass of disappointment. This wine is much better structured than the wolf blass, but there is simply not enough sweetness in the fruit to counterbalance the underling salinity of the wine. The VM tasting notes promise a wine "heady with spiced red plum and cherry flavours", but all I get is a thin saline, slightly iodised flavour of something that might be fruit related. Probably more accurate is the winemakers note that there is "Potent herb infused fruit on attack". There is certainly a potent herbal complexity to the wine, with layer upon layer of green herbal notes (predominately sage) along with underlying tar notes. But I just can't get past that iodised salinity on the front of the palate. It tastes like I should be gargling with it for medicinal purposes. Sadly my first VinoMofo return.
P.S. That salinity in the wine meant that it paired exquisitely with food, but on its own it was just too unbalanced.