TN: 2002 Marius Shiraz

[Gavin Trott]

2002 Marius Wines Shiraz $25

The wine was bottled in the ratio of 60% Stelvin and 40% cork.

Dark and brooding rich purple, beautiful! Lashings of ripe blackberry with a characteristic white pepper, sweet plums with violets and more ripe blackberries fill the nose, oozing class and style. On the palate all those characters come through together with a layers of sweet plums, followed by liquorice and chocolate and leather ,but the over riding impression is of a wonderful texture and mouth feel followed by that lovely, lingering, drying tannin/ripe blackberry sucking sensation at the back of your tongue. This wine is characterised by flavour, texture, mouth feel and a perfect balance between the fruit and the oak which I believe will ensure continued development of further complexity for many years.

An absolute beauty!