The wine from Wendouree in 2010 will live for decades so if
one of your kids was born in that year you should seriously consider getting your
hands on some.
Wendouree Shiraz 2010
Like all of the Wendouree wines, this wine is savoury and
elegant which is a mile away from what has been the trend in South Australia
during recent times. Would that make this wine aimed towards old school wine connoisseurs? Well no I don’t think
it would but I do think that people that love their wines sweet, wouldn’t go
for this style. The 2010 version of this
wine is so slow to evolve in the glass that for the first two days it didn’t
really show well. On day 3 the flavours of cedar, spiced plums, chocolate bits
and menthol started to show themselves. Over the period that I reviewed this
wine a mesmerising note of warm clay started to poke its head out from behind
the wall but never did it take center stage. The oak treatment is a little more
prominent than the cabernet wines yet I’m at ease with the mouth-feel that the
oak creates. When I finished writing
my notes, my mate and I took the bottle down to his cave and sipped the glorious
nectar while we played 8 ball. All we needed was a cigar and the picture would
have been complete.
Alcohol: 14
Price: $55
Rated: 93
Drink: 2025 – 2040
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