Barossa Valley Estate E & E Black Pepper Shiraz 2003

Made by Barossa Valley Estate in Australia (region: Barossa Valley) .

A dry, still, red wine with 15% alcohol tasted on 28th Nov 2007.

Grape: Shiraz

Quality: Outstanding

Value: A Little Excessive

Cost: Usually between $69.99 - $89.99.

Looks: Dark black colour, slightly brocking at the edge. Heavy looking.

Smells: Intense black and red berry fruit, spice

Feels: Heavy wine - not quite a monster, but getting there!

Tastes: Wonderful juice and wonderful oak make wonderful wine. The berry flavours here are ripe and intense without bing cloying - matched with beautiful cedar oak tones and lovely choc and spicey pepper dry finish that is very full and long, this is a very special wine. It seems to be underrated critically in recent vintages for mine - because this is a great wine!

Possible retailers: Vintage Cellars, Cellar Door / Web Site, Dan Murphy's, Winestar.