Edwards & Chaffey section 353 shiraz 1999

88 points

McLaren Vale, South Australia.

A dark wine, looks very healthy for 6 years of age. It has thrown a crust (which for some reason has been broken up - lots of sediment).

Rather monotone nose, slightly vegetal (mercaptan ?). French oak apparently.

Rich sweet spicy energetic, similar weight to a Barossa shiraz but different - slightly tighter. The back lable talks of chocolatey sweetness, but this is not a chocolate milkshake style shiraz.

It's a hot somewhat manufactured wine (added acidity) but the flavour intensity is very good.