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Southern Hemisphere wines is now promoting this wine as McLaren Vale shiraz with some promise. I have never heard of it and couldnt find it any any wine books so wondering how good it is. Any tasting notes?

Have not tasted the wine - actually just trashed the email from Southern Wines - - well you can't buy everything.

The wines are are being distributed through Joshua Tree Imports and are described as The first release in a series of proprietary wines exclusive to Joshua Tree Imports, the RazorÂ’s Edge brand offers varietal wines from prestigious appellations and with a quality that easily eclipses the competition. These wines are priced to retail at $9.99 - $14.99. The first release is a 2004 McLaren Vale Shiraz with a suggested retail of $12.99.


JTI are also making Fetish wines which sound more interesting. Fetish Wines is the second of our proprietary brands being introduced for the first time this summer. Fetish Wines bring together some of the best winemakers in Australia to craft their own unique offerings, along with package designs sure to stand apart from the crowd. The first release is a 2004 Barossa Valley Shiraz made by Rolf Binder with a suggested retail of $20.

Mike

Looks like a couple of wines made for Joshua Tree, home brands basically.

There is alot of good fruit around at present, particularly from the 2004 vintage so these might be worth a look.

How about a quick TN if you guys in the US try them.

7/14/05 This has an impressive McLaren Vale appellation and the quality of fruit shows it as well. This bottling goes to show you how competitive things have gotten and how much really good juice is out there – a great thing for the punter. The nose is lifted and pretty complex considering its price, ($10.99) with notes of black plums, blackberries, spice, licorice, loam and dusty chocolate. The palate is fuller bodied, supple textured, with good fruit purity offering juicy, spiced, dark fruit flavors backed with ripe, almost powdery tannins and a tinge of chocolate richness on the finish. Upfront and forward this still has the structure for short term aging, but at this price and flavor profile, who would want to wait? This has value written all over it!

Tasting notes (borrowed), have not seen this in retail yet, Only Rolf Binder I've seen around is from '02 vintage. Have 1 Heinrich to try from '02
Will grab a sample of the razors edge if / when I see it.
Mick.

Mick, looks like you've found an inexpensive quality quaffer. Thanks for the TN.

Hmmm, since when is the McLaren Vale an appellation?

Hmmm, since when is the McLaren Vale an appellation?

Since 1997.

Roger

A GIC since 1997, an Appellation since Joshua Tree used the term!

Just makes sense to use appellation as it's a well known term in the US market and that's essentially what a GIC is.

I think the GIC mapping of Australian wine regions is basically complete isn't it? The most bitter and drawn out was the expanded Coonawarra boundaries that still cause uneasiness amongst contestants.

The lawyers were the big winners in that one.