Cape D'Estaing Shiraz 2003

BN#229638

Varietal	Syrah
Category	Red Wine
Region	Australia : South Australia : Kangaroo Island
Producer	Cape D'Estaing

$34.95
SKU1420029

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Colour: Quite a deep, bright red with some development now starting to show up.

Nose: This has a lovely combination of lifted plummy fruit with some gently charry oak. Complex.

Palate: The palate is growing all the time and is rich and lingering. The berries are still there, tannins are quite firm, although now starting to round off, and the oak is sweet and pleasant.

Wine Spectator Rich and meaty, with impressive focus to the cherry, blackberry and thyme flavors. Retains its meaty texture and flavor on the lingering finish. Drink now through 2013. 1,350 cases made. Score: 91. —Harvey Steiman, October 15, 2006.

Wine Advocate The dense ruby/purple-colored 2003 Shiraz exhibits a distinctive earthy component along with loads of spice, black currant, plum, and sweet pepper-like characteristics, full body, beautiful fruit, and surprising acidity as well as freshness. Drink it over the next 7-8 years. Score: 90. —Robert Parker, October 2006.

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