Greg Norman Estates Limestone Coast Shiraz 2006

BN#243687

Greg Norman Estates

Shiraz wines are one of Australia's most famous wine exports. They are rich, vibrant and bursting with fresh fruit flavor. The 2005 Greg Norman Estates Limestone Coast Shiraz is deep, dark red with purple hues. Intense, lifted aromas of ripe, dark plum, blackberry, sweet vanillin and spice with light subtle hints of blueberry and blackcurrant fruit, all portend to a generous palate that is full flavored, balanced and long. The palate, though big and opulent, has an elegant, smooth texture, some mocha and cedar oak character combined with ripe, dark berry fruit and fine tannins. The mid palate's ripe berry flavors will, with time, reveal more complex characters such as dark chocolate, liquorice, wood smoke and warm leather, as the wine ages and evolves. A full bodied, rich rewarding Shiraz that expresses the warmth of the Australian vintage and the riper flavors, obtainable from the renowned Limestone Coast regions - a wine both generous and harmonious.

Wine Spectator

Crisp in texture, with an overlay of earthy green olive character on a taut core of blackberry and tar flavors that persist nicely on the juicy finish. Drink now through 2013.

Score: 89. —Harvey Steiman, October 15, 2008.