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Mr. Riggs Shiraz - Viognier(2003)

Deep in colour, the wine is almost black yet is also vibrant and bright. The nose is perfumed with apricots, spice and licorice; a pretty, fragrant wine with a sweet, juicy, velvety palate. The finish is elegant with savoury spice and a fine tannin length and persistence. The Shiraz is co-fermented with Viognier skins to enhance aromatic variety, with apricot and spice on the palate.

Viognier holds a phenolic (tannic) character that enables increased stabilisation of colour in the wine – hence the bottomless pit-like blackness of colour, plus the savoury tannins which enable read more...
Wine Advocate # 155
Oct-04
90/100
April 2008
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