Tasting Note

                 Sydney Time

           Copyright © Ric Einstein 2008

Summerfield 2006 Shiraz VicFeb08 will sell for $23 when it is released on March 29 and is sealed under screwcap. The bouquet is closed! It's spat the dummy and is shut for the winter. Thankfully the palate is more cooperative. It sits beautifully in the mouth and all aspects are in harmony. The pure fruit combine with fine, unobtrusive, powdery tannins to support this ample-weight wine with a supple consistency and tight structure. The flavour profile is off-sweet and savoury. It’s intense with plum, blackberry, aniseed, and hints of dried herbs on the finish. A very easy drinking wine, it will be hugely popular. Drink over the next five years, it is rated as Recommended with *** for value.