Spinifex
Bête Noir Shiraz
Barossa Valley, Barossa, South Australia, Australia
Great 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
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.
Meat Maiden. Meat plus this... Amazing.
Meat Maiden. Meat plus this... Amazing.
Jul 9th, 2015
Fine black fruits. Supple and slippery slate-like tannins. I'm diggin the new breed of elegant Barossa reds.
Fine black fruits. Supple and slippery slate-like tannins. I'm diggin the new breed of elegant Barossa reds.
Mar 13th, 2015
