Dutschke 2005 St Jakobi Shiraz SASept07

Tasting Note

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Dutschke 2005 St Jakobi Shiraz SASept07 sells for $32 at cellar door, is a single vineyard wine, and is sealed with a Procork. The bouquet was tight, earthy and showed plum and some subtle but obvious spicy oak influence. A step up in quality over the GHR, it's credibly constructed with silky, unobtrusive, dusty tannins, together with fresh acid, and deeply-seated fruit. The palate profile which is mainly black shows coffee oak, mocha, black chocolate, and oregano flavours which finish crisp and clean. Ample-weight with a silky consistency and a solid, tight structure, the wine is already showing harmony and a little class. Rated as Highly Recommended with *** for value, drink over the next seven years.