Thorn-Clarke Shiraz Shotfire Ridge 2006

Great nose of blackberry and plum with a touch of heat. Flavors of plum, black cherries, and scorched earth. Nice integration of tannins, fruit and acidity. Everything works in this wine. Outstanding - 91 points. Note: #57 in Wine Spectators Top 100 Wines of 2007.

March 2008

very rough, could not finish the glass of wine.

December 2007

While not as good as some of the previous vintages of Shotfire Shiraz, the 2006 is a great wine with food (particularly Italian/pizza). While it should be a "drink now" wine, it might be better with another year on it.

January 2008

This wine does need aeration, but it opens up to unbelievably dense, smoky, leathery nose. Being sold in Chicago for $15.00, once of the best values going. Had this wine with lamb and tenderloin on two occasions, especially good with lamb. Deserves the accolades it has received.

February 2008

Shotfire seems to have a fairly high variance from year to year, but I particularly like this vintage. It has mild tannins, and lingers well on the palette. It was better decanted for about 20 minutes.

November 2009

Decanted 1 hour. Incredibly dark, almost black, in the decanter and glass, staining both. Big, sweet blackberry fruit flavors, but surprisingly mild tannins in this wine make it very easy to quaff. No heat as previously detected in March of last year. Just a very smooth, tasty, fruitbomb of a wine. I like it!

January 2009