Kurtz Family 2004 Lunar Block Shiraz Nov 08

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Kurtz Family 2004 Lunar Block Shiraz Nov 08

The winery's flagship wine, it is only made in the best years. The grapes are sourced from 45-year-old handpicked vines and then basket pressed. The wine was matured for twenty nine months in new French oak. Most of the grapes from these vines regularly wind up in a wine that costs four times as much as the Lunar Block. Everyone should have hobby that produces something this good for the price.

The bouquet is inviting. Beautiful, clean fruit dominates the bouquet that is offset by spicy/smoky, vanillin oak characters. As it opened up, sweet fruit notes emerged. Pure, deeply-seated fruit is perfectly balanced to the fine tannins, and is lifted by bright acid. An interesting, contrasting flavour profile results from the plum, sour cherry, and sweet sarsaparilla flavours that finishes with reasonable length, and excellent persistence. There is a huge amount of fruit power for its muscular-weight. An ultra-tight, solid wine, that maintains some class, it demands time in the cellar, and this gorgeous baby is Rated as Highly Recommended with ***** for value and easily completes with wine is selling at $45, and more. The rating will improve as the wine enters its peak drinking window between 2012 and 2020. Sealed under cork, it’s the best wine that Kurtz has produce and although it spent a long time in oak, it’s well judged and under control.