Mount Burrumboot 2002 Winemakers Reserve Shiraz PlonkOz04

The bouquet was sedate showing clean ripe fruit. Abundant powdery, drying tannins combine with fruit that seems like it has a combination of ripe and unripe characters. Medium-weight, the consistency is firm and the structure is solid. Red berry fruit and milk chocolate flow across the palate with good length but the big question is will the fruit hold. Better than the standard wine, but it needs time for the tannins to integrate and will probably be best drunk in 2008 and beyond. Rated as Recommended with ** for value.