I have been a fan of Campbells Bobbie Burns Shiraz for a number of years, and feel that is the last 3-4 vintage it has been toned down significantly, now being a medium to full bodied wine rather than a big full-bodied wine. I had a 1996 last night and it was still big at 13 years old, with at least another 5-6 years left in it. It could be because it is no longer a single vineyard wine (no longer from the Bobbie Burns vineyard).
At Cellar Door at Southgate wine tasting event in Melbourne recently the guy serving wine in the Campbells stall was adamant it has gone the other way, and in fact the wine is now bigger.
My question is am I imagining things, or is the Camplbells guy correct in what he is saying?
Campbells Bobbie Burns Shiraz
The Campbells guy lied or didn't know the wine from way back when it was a big bold Rutherglen red. My recollections are a bit fuzzy, but I think it was about 8-10 years ago they changed the style to a more "refined" earlier-drinking style. I've bought odd bottles since, but never bought it in any quantity. Halliday TNs suggest it happened around 2001.
Cheers
Brian
Life's too short to drink white wine and red wine is better for you too! :-)
Brian
Life's too short to drink white wine and red wine is better for you too! :-)
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Shiraz Man
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"You talk the talk Quimby, But can you walk the walk?"....Chief Clancy Wiggum.
To clear up a few myth-conceptions...
The wine is produced solely from estate grown fruit, and always has been since 1970. The aim of the producer has always been to make a balanced wine with regional expression, and varietal definition a feature.
I drink this wine perhaps more than any other single label, often back to the late eighties, occasionally beyond. In terms of major stylisitc changes during that time...it just hasn't happened. Sure the wine has been nipped and tucked over the years, but that will happen with any wine over a thirty or forty year period.
Vintage variation plays a role as it always will with a single estate wine...and the wine will appear riper, or more full bodied in certain years. 1992 and 1998 are great examples. 99,00 and 01 resulted in comparitively lighter wines because that's the cards that were dealt in those lesser years. I wouldn't call the 96 a big wine, in fact not much more than medium bodied, but its all open to interpretation isn't it? Certainly nicely balanced and still chugging along very well for a 13 year old wine.
The gent you spoke with at CD@SG was on the money. The 05, 06 and soon to be released 07 are at the riper end of the spectrum amongst recent releases, and at least internally regarded as three very good examples of Bobbie Burns.
Lennie Lister, Campbells Wines.
Thanks for the regional support Andrew, much appreciated.
The wine is produced solely from estate grown fruit, and always has been since 1970. The aim of the producer has always been to make a balanced wine with regional expression, and varietal definition a feature.
I drink this wine perhaps more than any other single label, often back to the late eighties, occasionally beyond. In terms of major stylisitc changes during that time...it just hasn't happened. Sure the wine has been nipped and tucked over the years, but that will happen with any wine over a thirty or forty year period.
Vintage variation plays a role as it always will with a single estate wine...and the wine will appear riper, or more full bodied in certain years. 1992 and 1998 are great examples. 99,00 and 01 resulted in comparitively lighter wines because that's the cards that were dealt in those lesser years. I wouldn't call the 96 a big wine, in fact not much more than medium bodied, but its all open to interpretation isn't it? Certainly nicely balanced and still chugging along very well for a 13 year old wine.
The gent you spoke with at CD@SG was on the money. The 05, 06 and soon to be released 07 are at the riper end of the spectrum amongst recent releases, and at least internally regarded as three very good examples of Bobbie Burns.
Lennie Lister, Campbells Wines.
Thanks for the regional support Andrew, much appreciated.