Best’s 2005 Thomson Family Shiraz VicFeb08

Tasting Note

Sydney Time

Best’s 2005 Thomson Family Shiraz VicFeb08 will be released towards the end of 2008 and is sealed under screwcap. The aromatics are stunning and expressive; they scream quality but will need time to open up. A perfectly structured wine that is backed by fine, tight tannins, fresh acid and pure, deeply-seated fruit, it finishes with excellent persistence. The top-quality fruit delivers multiple berry flavours in the blue, black and red spectrum, together with liquorice and plum, and whilst the oak is very noticeable at this stage, there is more than enough fruit to sop it up. It maintains an excellent balance of fruit sweetness which is offset with a savoury and spicy finish that lingers for ever. It's ample-weight with a firm consistency, and a solid and harmonious structure. A stunningly, good, tight wine that shows elegance and class, it is a complete, fine wine. Rated as Excellent with *** for value, drink from 2015 and beyond. Brian said "This is the best young wine I have tried in a long time."