Castagna 2005 Genesis Sparkling Shiraz Jan 08

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Castagna 2005 Genesis Sparkling Shiraz Jan 08

Brian received this as a gift and brought it with him to share when he came to say at Château TORB's overnight recently, so we tried it before going out for dinner. The bouquet was charming and captivating; multiple berry aromas dominate the red spectrum fruit that combined with moderate but noticeable apricot character. The palate shows wonderful complexity, sweet strawberry, raspberry, subtle black spectrum flavours and apricot on the tail. An elegant, classy, top-quality Sparkling Shiraz that maintains the perfect balance of sweetness; and in this case its all fruit sweetness (rather than coming from the dosage.) Finishes with terrific length and persistence, it joins the ranks of top FRS producers like Rockford and Primo Estate. Rated as Excellent with ** for value, the rating should improve as it takes on aged complexity. Its not cheap but worth buying for a special occasion. Luckily we didn't finish it that night and so I had the rest with lunch the next day. Yummy!