Mt Monster 2007 Shiraz, Limestone Coast (Australia)
26 Jul 2015- Details
- Category: Uncorked Tonight
(March 29, 2015) ... I'm digging a little deeper into the cellar these day and today I went back to the '07 vintage before settling on this Mt Monster Shiraz, which proved to be a good year for Shiraz. The nose was rich & ripe black fruit: cassis, blackberry, and plum, with vanilla and spice playing a supportive role. Palate doled out more good characteristics like chocolate, cassis, vanilla, and plum, with some spiced creme de cassis and a pretty big dose of pepper. Old Shiraz has interesting notes, especially under screwcap where they seem to develop slower and once opened expose themselves almost as slowly.
The white wine opened this evening was a Southbrook 2013 Triomphe Chardonnay - full review can be found here.
(March 28, 2015) ... I think it was tasting the current vintage of this wine that made me want to open this older version that has been languishing in my cellar ... The nose proved to be a little smokey, a little peppery, but definitely with some red fruit and hints of dried raspberry around the edges; it was a pleasant nose that seemed to call out, "drink me, c'mon, I won't bite". Palate proved to also be quite approachable: a little white pepper, a good amount of spiciness, still with fairly firm tannins and fruit that lay on the freeze dried side of things of a strawberry-raspberry blend. An hour later the wine seems to have developed a certain thickness in the mouth and dried dark fruit texture where cassis and black pepper cohabitate.
