Tasting Note

                 Sydney Time

           Copyright © Ric Einstein 2008

Summerfield 2006 Reserve Shiraz VicFeb08 will sell for $43 when it is released on March 29 and is sealed under cork. The bouquet is reticent, tight and restrained. It's like a champion racehorse before the start of the big race. A well-balanced wine that is every bit as good as the 2004, the fine and tight tannins back this muscular, solid, supple wine that has a diverse complexity. Plum, sour cherry, milk chocolate, coffee and eucalyptus flavours are transported across the palate on long tannins that linger beautifully. It needs time to show its best but is rated as Excellent with **** for value, and should be its peak drinking window between 2011 and 2017.