1998 Seppelts Great Western Shiraz

Paul T · Post by **Paul T** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 8:53 pm

Great wine. Came home from work tonight to find my wife had cracked a bottle which certainly beat the quaffers i'd brought home. Lovely spicy nose, quite peppery with a sensational palate of cherries, nice balanced use of oak and great length. An absolute bargain at $40. All $40 wine should be this good...sadly it isn't.

Highly recommended.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 10:56 pm

Isn't it called the St Peters, not Great western shiraz anymore?

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 1:15 pm

I think there's a GW Reserve Shiraz which is more expensive than St Peters...I haven't seen it around much though.

Kieran

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 2:21 pm

Anthony,
there was a st peters and reserve in 1998. However, a decision has been made on the 'reserve' and they will not produce another.

cheers
anthony

Paul T · Post by **Paul T** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 8:51 pm

Sorry guys..it was the St Peters..i was a bit tired when i typed the post..Byron Bay is busier than bloody Bondi these days and working in the bottlo is full on to say the least some days.

Again..great wine.I wish all $40 bottles were this good.

Cheers

Paul T

PaulV · Post by **PaulV** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 12:28 pm

Had the 1998 Reserve last night. Still purple/ black colour, no pepper or cherries on nose, more blackberry/plummy with a heap of vanillan french oak. This is seriously a big structured wine with superb length on the palate lots of primary fruit kept tightly wound by the oak.

needs at least 5 years sleep before trying again but probably won't be at its peak for another 10 years at the earliest.

Cheers

Paul