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Sir James Sparkling Shiraz
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 4:37 pm
by Brett Stevens
Got some of this NV for Christmas today. wondering if anyone has any tasting notes or vibes, how does it stack up against the seppelt original?
Brett
Re: Sir James Sparkling Shiraz
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 4:54 pm
by Gavin Trott
Brett Stevens wrote:Got some of this NV for Christmas today. wondering if anyone has any tasting notes or vibes, how does it stack up against the seppelt original?
Brett
Hi Brett
I can't compare with Seppelt, but I like it quite a bit, a 'real' sparkling Shiraz and a nice wine.
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 6:51 pm
by Brett Stevens
Thanks Gavin
I will drink tomorrow and depending on damage will post tasting vibes in a couple of days
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 9:02 pm
by Guest
Hi Brett.
We tried a bottle of this last year Christmas afternoon, after we had already knocked off a few bottles of reds and whites. The wine was really heavy going after the previous booze. It is your typical really thick, McLaren Vale dark chocolate mudcake, blackberry, black cherry and sweet licorice shiraz characters in a sparkling. Quite enjoyable, but I suggest you drink it early in the day, with a lot of people helping out! I look forward to seeing your notes.
Have a great Xmas!
n4sir
Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2003 8:18 am
by Attila
I've drunk the Sir James last night, I couldn't finish my glass. Cheap raspberry candy flavours and cloyingly sweet and 'cheap' middle palate. Shocked me quite a bit and down the sink it went. Tonight I'll have the Leasingham SB 1992 and I will post my notes later.
Very, very disappointed with that liquid candy Sir James!
Cheers,
Attila
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 5:31 pm
by n4sir
I was a little surprised to see the negative reviews to this given my experience twelve months earlier. I've noticed the design of the labelling has changed - I still have one of the old bottles where there's no show medals, and the burgundy background for the gold shield is almost invisible against the bottle.
Was the bottle you drank Attila purchased recently (with the new labelling)? I'm seriously wondering how drunk I was last Christmas, or if there's significant variation with the new batch.
Normally I don't get it this wrong - I'll have to open the remaining one soon to check.
Ian (n4sir)
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 9:30 pm
by Attila
Dear Ian,
It's possible that only the current release of this wine is suffering from quality loss, my bottle came from a fresh shipment in December.
Batches differ for sure.
Cheers,
Attila