Almost black but light bodied. It had a bizarre stewed tomato aroma. (My wife thought instead that it was some sort of stewed fruit aroma.) This oddity carried over on the palate with an unidentifiable fruit, black pepper, and gamy flavors that flattened out in an unexciting way on the finish.

I didn’t finish the bottle, or even my glass. What a waste for $110 dollars on a wine list. I’ll give it an 80 and figure that someone else who knows more about Aussie Shiraz might appreciate it more.

Make Cab, not War.

Hello,
This is one where you really have to pick your year. They won't age well in the unripe years. The '92 was sensational when had in 1998.
I had a '93 last year and it was pretty vegetal as well. Only buy these Yarra Valley shiraz from ripe years.
Gary

I'll support this, steer clear of Yarra Valley Shiraz per se, except in exceptional vintages.
Yarra Yerring is over-rated and over priced in my opinion, like many other Yarra valley wines.
Let's also add Mornington Penninsula shiraz to this list as well.
There is nothing more upsetting than spending good bucks on a bad red!!

[This message was edited by beckam on Feb 24, 2003 at 07:34 AM.]

Yarra and Mornington Shiraz can be very very good. DeBortoli Yarra in good years, Port Phillip 98 and 2000 both very good. Paringa 2000 good. But only in good years. I love Yarra Valley cabernet most of the time though.
Gary

Yes, Gary. Australia offers so much for me to discover. That's the value of this forum -- it offers us all to learn from each other's mistakes and successes. Cheers.

Make Cab, not War.

You see him here, you see him there, now you see Gary W everybloodywhere!

Glad you see you commenting on those thin Victorian's that you no dougbt love Gary.

I just saw a post of yours on erobertpen and thought you should know better and now this!

Does your misses know the sorts of sites you are looking at mate?

Next you will be trying to convert these poor unfortunates to that Hunter crap you love.

Cheers
Ric