Gustav wrote:Best's Wines Shiraz (cannot remember which!) 2003
Delicate nose showing some plum aromas. Also some spicyness. Excellent palate with black fruit flavours, great intensity, smooth tannins and impeccable balance. A shiraz style quite different from what I've tasted so far. I really liked this one. My shiraz quest is getting a bit complicated now. I thought I might find a style that was really “meâ€Â, but I now realize that Shiraz can be made to my liking in most wine regions in Australia. Good for me!
A great realisation and a good company to find a different style from. IIRC Best's Shiraz's are (in ascending price order) Bin 1, Bin 0, Thomson Family Shiraz (though maybe there are some Cellar Door specials?). I can vouch for the Bin 0 being a good wine and it's one for the cellar as well.
Have you sampled much Hunter Shiraz yet? That might be fun to play with. For another take, look for the emerging Kiwi interest in the variety.