Brokenwood 2002 Wade Block Shiraz Oct 04

The wine was matured in American oak and shows vanilla, white pepper and tolerable level dusty, toasted oak. Chew oak tannins, youthful acid and distinct fruit combine to produce an ample-weight solid wine that is well balanced but does not have the class of the Rayner. Sweet plums, off-sweet blackberry, pepper, almost prune level fruit and vanillin oak and dill produce a developed complexity. Rated as Recommended with ** for value.