Tasting Note

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Thorn Clarke 2007 Sandpiper Shiraz Nov 08

The bouquet is dominated by spicy, coffee essence oak. The palate is complete the off-sweet with sour cherry, loads of spicy coffee oak flavours, and given the very drying sappy, green finish, it may have been made from a combination of ripe and unripe fruit. Ample-weight with a supple consistency, solid structure and simple level of complexity, this is certainly not the best example of this label. Rated as Acceptable with ** for value, it's sealed under screwcap.