How's my Red Wine diet going? Great. I just put a slab of beer in the fridge...
Yalumba Single Site Eden Valley Shiraz 2006 $45
They say -
Red fruit and just a hint of the barnyard on the nose. Straw. Clean palate starts with red fruit and then gets richer, blacker and firmer as it goes along, fanning out into truffles and roasted meat. Complexity plus! Lots of flavour and interest here, finishing chewy and firm. Distinctive, enjoyable wine.
I say - It was red - smelt like some late night old onion munter from the pub and tasted like fookin shite...
Peter Lehmann Eight Songs Shiraz 2005 $39
They say -
Dense, rich, oaky and very full Barossan red. Chocolate and cocoa powder. Roasted red fruits. Maybe a tad overripe, with just a smidgen of meaty, figgy overripeness. Can't fault the chewy generosity of the palate though, which is typical Eight Songs and unquestionably attractive. Alcohol heat through the finish not so.
Good, if not quite the best vintage for this wine.
I say - I had a face like Saving Private Ryan trying to drink this shit. Tastes like giraffe piss through a bus driver's sock fuck off...
Fuck it - what can i say - i'm a beer drinker and that's all there is to it... i can hear you all cheer from here
