Seppelt 2006 Benno Shiraz VicFeb08

Tasting Note

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Seppelt 2006 Benno Shiraz VicFeb08 is sealed under screwcap and will be released on 31 March has a retail price of $55. A muscular-weight firm and solid wine with a well developed complexity; the deep fruit is currently buried by the blocky, dusty, drying tannins. It is not showing as well as the 2005 but that is not surprising. It has all the right components and a better flavour profile than the 05, but needs time to come together. Blueberry, cherry, and milk chocolate flavours are delicious. It's a good-quality wine and rated as Highly Recommended with *** for value, but the current rating is not indicative as it has a mile of potential to improve as it reaches its peak.