Sylvan Springs 2003 Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon Aug 04

A 90/10 blend designed as an entry level wine, it will retail for about $13.50 and shows little in the way of oak and just enough tannin to hold it together. An easy drinking, soft, fruit driven wine that exudes blueberry, chocolate and mint aromas. A little raw at present, it seems that whilst much of the fruit is ripe, there may be some unripe components in the blend. Chocolate, aniseed, blackberry and mint finishes with crisp acid and the wine is rated as Agreeable with *** for value.

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