Warrabilla 2003 Reserve Shiraz Nov 04 Nov 04

Another brooding big nose, with lots of oak influence, blackberry, sweet plum, tarry coffee, chocolate and spearmint. A big, muscular wine but not over the top, it is sweet and savoury with tarry blackberry, plum, liquorice, chocolate and a layer of (green but not unripe) mint which all finishes with a bitter chocolate edge. Dusty tannins are supporting rather than intruding which means the wine can happily be consumed over the next few years. Rated as Agreeable with *** for value, there is a fair amount of wine flavour for the dollar but complexity is a bit one dimensional and despite its punch, the fruit does not seem to have a huge amount of depth. I was able to look at this over most of the day and there was no change to the wine after significant air time.