Claymore Wines 2002 Dark Side of the Moon Shiraz Sept 05

 

This wine, unusually, was sent to me by a retailer. The youthful bouquet is big, intensely fruit driven and whilst it shows some oak characters there is more than enough lifted floral, spicy fruit aromas, plums, chocolate, black coffee and cooling mint to manage it. The mouth feel is supple and supported by enough unobtrusive tannins to hold the wine together but the standout feature of the wine is the intense fruit. It's spicy, plummy, chocolatey and delicious. Ample-weight, the wine has huge fruit bang for the buck, but thankfully, it's not too sweet or overly jammy. This will be a big crowd pleaser and is rated as Recommended with **** for value. At $16.99 it's a bargain.