Tasting Note

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           Copyright © Ric Einstein 2008

Pirramimma 2004 ACJ SASep07 will sell for $55 when it is released towards Christmas and is sealed with a new type of Stelvin closure. The Stelvin Lux is smooth-sided Stelvin cap (as per the picture). It’s a blend of Cabernet, Shiraz and Petite Verdot. The bouquet is dominated by Cabernet characteristics together with coffee and vanillin oak. This wine is the antithesis of an in your face, blousy Shiraz. An ample-weight, firm, solid wine with a harmonious complexity, it's all about structure at this time. Smooth, tight, fine tannins are perfectly matched to pure, deep fruit and lively acid. The wine is off-sweet with sour cherry, milk chocolate, and blackcurrant flavours that finish long, with both power and elegance. A serious wine that needs ages to show its best, it's rated as Excellent with *** for value, and should not be touched until at least 2014, and it should live a long life from there.