Layer Cake Shiraz 20 2008

color-red/blue nose-coco, blue berry, boysenberry mouth-swwet plum, coffee finish - long buy it age it share it

This was full bodies with pepper and spice on the nose and mid palate. Dark fruit and short finish. Not overly complex.

Not a wine to have on its own! With no time to sit this wine was not one I would have without some food. It was very earthy and herbal and just plain tight. After about 2 hrs of being decanted it settled down and became drinkable. it did seem to pair well with a spicy sausage chicken flat bread pizza with an olive oil base rather than tomato sauce. I do have to say after reading some of the other reviews perhaps I will give it another shot but for now it was just OK

I just don't appreciate Shiraz the way I do some other wines. This one is full bodied and fruity, with lingering flavors of tasty sweet things like chocolate and jams. As a sipping wine it is just too much before a meal, but not necessarily during or after. I could see this being a hit in a big wide open glass beside a bowl of cream bisque of crawfish or lobster, seasoned with fresh basil and black pepper, floating croutons pan toasted in butter; grilled sausage bursting with cayenne, garlic and cumin (maybe a link of boudin); pulled pork slowly smoked in a crust of dried mustard, celery seed and sea salt, over just a few chips of shagbark hickory. This wine, at its price, has a place at the table.

Wonderful aroma - first taste of this wine was extremely pleasant - a hearty rush of red berries followed by a lingering earthy tannic finish - well-balanced - reaffirms my affinity for Australian Shiraz - highly recommended