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I too am a huge fan of this wine.....the palate was big and inky, but without overpowering oak. I like the fact that it uses French oak, instead of that Vanilla American oak flavour, which is more suited to huge Barossa Shiraz. The palate is really long, and it is one of those wines where you want to keep drinking it. We went and bought a case of it after trying it at a restaurant.

I tracked down Robert Parkers Comments in last months Wine Advocate for those of you that are interested.....
“I also enjoyed the tapenade and black fruit character of the sexy 2003 Shiraz, which spent 12 months in French oak.
No wimpish wine at 14.7% alcohol, it reveals admirable glycerin, fine expansiveness, tremendous purity, and layers
of fruit.”

what score did Parker give the RockBare Shiraz?

from memory, it was 91+

Anonymous wrote:from memory, it was 91+

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Interesting.

Well done Gavin, looked like SPAM when I first read them.

I have set Shiraz Nut a challenge though in the other Rockbare post. Interesting to see if he/she responds!

Gavin Trott wrote:

Anonymous wrote:from memory, it was 91+

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Interesting.

Hey, I talk to myself from time to time, too. Although, come to think of it, I don't TYPE to myself...

cheers,
Graeme

I have not had the 2003 Rockbare Shiraz, but I bought a bottle of the 2002 and thought it to be a jammy, flabby mess and not worth the $15.

Adair

Give it a swerve

Actually I tried it once and thought it was Ok for the price...