John's Blend 2002 Margarete's Shiraz April 05 05 05 05 05 05

 

The wine spent 28 months in American oak and despite that, this wine exhibits a lot less oak than many of Glaetzer's previous blends. Although the wine changed as the bouquet opened, its still remained tight and broody but coffee, chocolate, plum, eucalyptus and mint together with earthy/flinty notes were all evident in a changing sequence. A muscular-weight wine with some elegance, it is well crafted and should be seamless in time. Ultra-fine tannins provide a rock solid backing for the bucket loads of menthol, mint and eucalyptus flavours that a pleasantly contrasted by plums, blackberry, black chocolate, coconut, and zingy acid that finishes with good persistence. Rated as Highly Recommended with *** for value, it has a long future in front of it.