TN: Fox Creek, Short Row Shiraz, 2002

[Serge Birbrair]

Excelent juice! Very concentrated, no sissy nose, great attack, long lasting finish, VERY balanced
ink like dark deep color,
spicy, the wine I couldn't find single imprefection...except...it could have had more alchohol.
It cut thru Tom Yoon Koung like a knife,
and cleansed the pallete well from all this extra spice in the hot soup.

In your mouth
4- smooth and balanced


Bang for a buck, quid, euro
5- buy more and tell your friends $25 US


Emotional review
5- I better buy more before the store runs out

14 points on 15 points scale

[Gavin Trott]

Excelent juice! Very concentrated, no sissy nose, great attack, long lasting finish, VERY balanced
ink like dark deep color,
spicy, the wine I couldn't find single imprefection...except...it could have had more alchohol.
It cut thru Tom Yoon Koung like a knife,
and cleansed the pallete well from all this extra spice in the hot soup.

In your mouth
4- smooth and balanced


Bang for a buck, quid, euro
5- buy more and tell your friends $25 US


Emotional review
5- I better buy more before the store runs out

14 points on 15 points scale

Serge

Good note, I tend to agree.

BTW the 2003 is current release here, and while not quite as lush as the 2002, it is if anything, more concentrated, intense with a firmer tannin structure.

Terrific wines both and great value for your $$

[Chow Chow]

Glad u discovered FOXY Lady
IMO their recent wines r not a patch of their pre-1998 level but still quite a mouthful.

$25 well spent. For the same amount it can only get u paint-stripper fr France

[Chow Chow]

Excelent juice! Very concentrated, no sissy nose, great attack, long lasting finish, VERY balanced
ink like dark deep color,
spicy, the wine I couldn't find single imprefection...except...it could have had more alchohol.
It cut thru Tom Yoon Koung like a knife,
and cleansed the pallete well from all this extra spice in the hot soup.

In your mouth
4- smooth and balanced


Bang for a buck, quid, euro
5- buy more and tell your friends $25 US


Emotional review
5- I better buy more before the store runs out

14 points on 15 points scale

Serge

Good note, I tend to agree.

BTW the 2003 is current release here, and while not quite as lush as the 2002, it is if anything, more concentrated, intense with a firmer tannin structure.

Terrific wines both and great value for your $$

Gavin,
Had a chat with Mr.DIX in erobertparker.com, the new winemaker @ FoxCreek. No Reserve Shiraz 2003 was produced so the fruits were declassified into the Short Row.

[Serge Birbrair]

Gentlemen,
tomorrow I'll be back to the store and
1) get the case of "Foxy"
2) get more representatives of Aussie's best (at least from what available in South Florida)

I DEFINATELLY like what we've had and find Australians a little less oaky and more baalnced than the Spanish countrparts.

[Chow Chow]

OZ wines are definately oaky but less noticable becos the gobs of sweet ripe fruit is enough to drown the 2' by 2' unlike in Spain where the overcropped Tempranilo & Granacha were swallowed by the oak.

[Serge Birbrair]

OZ wines are definately oaky but less noticable becos the gobs of sweet ripe fruit is enough to drown the 2' by 2' unlike in Spain where the overcropped Tempranilo & Granacha were swallowed by the oak.

Very true....."Foxy" was a "fruit NUCLEAR bomb",
and in the good sense of it. Not much sugar, though..
Oak I can appreciate, sugar is another story.

It's bad enough we all be alchoholics by the age of 98,
but been an alcholic AND overweight is a real tragedy

[Gavin Trott]

Excelent juice! Very concentrated, no sissy nose, great attack, long lasting finish, VERY balanced
ink like dark deep color,
spicy, the wine I couldn't find single imprefection...except...it could have had more alchohol.
It cut thru Tom Yoon Koung like a knife,
and cleansed the pallete well from all this extra spice in the hot soup.

In your mouth
4- smooth and balanced


Bang for a buck, quid, euro
5- buy more and tell your friends $25 US


Emotional review
5- I better buy more before the store runs out

14 points on 15 points scale

Serge

Good note, I tend to agree.

BTW the 2003 is current release here, and while not quite as lush as the 2002, it is if anything, more concentrated, intense with a firmer tannin structure.

Terrific wines both and great value for your $$

Gavin,
Had a chat with Mr.DIX in erobertparker.com, the new winemaker @ FoxCreek. No Reserve Shiraz 2003 was produced so the fruits were declassified into the Short Row.

Martin

Yes, I knew that and included that in my notes on the wine originally, its terrific wine that will cellar well I believe.