Shiraz deals are a dime a dozen - I would go for the Cab Malbec for something different.
Reviews suggest its a good quaffer
Mishoney may i present for your reading enjoyment some literary prose covered in so much candle wax embellishment that there is a lyric there somewhere. Warm wax on hot bodies might just be the start of a new song, one that Joe Strummer could have written. He is immortal of course and the cover of the wine appears to pay hommage but even though he died 20 years ago this December 22nd he still lives and breathes. A bit like this Clare offering. It reminds me of the Clare Valleys Pikes Los Companeros blend of shiraz and tempranearhole as i like to call that varietal . The double elles catch me out just like semy yons used to. So suffisticated I used to be. It's semi lon of course. But the Los Companeros was stunning and a Fo deal a few years ago. Of course shiraz deals are plentiful but please show me those shiraz deals that are a dime a dozen, ones worth drinking, as I would be in there faster than a rat up a downpipe backing up the truck faster than Dr Ralph loading his boot. Did you know a dime bag is ten dollars worth of street drugs? See not a day wasted so far. So here are some words about this wine, carefully read then I will raise something later.
Reviewer 1 - Beautifully complex with good, clean black bramble fruit, laden with undertones of coffee, chocolate, wood and bay leaf. The palate is refined with fleshy fruit, well-balanced with good acidity and rich, ripe tannins. An overall excellent wine that shows complexity. Trophy, Gold Medal & 95 Points London International Wine & Spirit Competition 2021
Reviewer 2 - This works so well, with rich and ripe dark-berry and plum aromas and flavors. The palate has rich, fleshy fruit and holds such silky, long and fine tannin. So drinkable. Drink or hold. Screw cap. Tasted: October 2021; Rating: 93 Points; Nick Stock for James Suckling
Reviewer 3 -Beautifully ripe and perfumed, the wine shows blackberry, sweet plum, warm spice, thyme and cedar characters on the nose. It's equally attractive on the palate with excellent weight and fruit intensity, making it immediately appealing and highly enjoyable; Now to 2030; Price: $22.00; Rating: 93 Points; Sam Kim; Wine Orbit
Gold Medal & 95 Points - Melbourne International Wine Competition
So reading all of those gives me a basic feel about the wine. Sure some of these writers are about as creative as a Mills and Boon writer or heaven forgive and for those who can remember a Heartbalm reviewer from the Truth newspaper decades ago," ohh mammaries pressed between the pages of my mind, memories sweetened through the ages just like wine". You have to hand it to Elvis, and what a great movie, but how topical was this lyric from the King. I digress but I am now going to suggest that nothing in the above to me suggests a quaffer. Constants include good fruit, great body, silky finish, quality and overdelivering. These are my holy grails. Throw in a good price and the mind starts to play tricks on you. I think the adjective quaffer after reading the above may not apply. But and this is the big but almost as big as queen latifas, no one has tried it yet so it is possible the 3 reviewers above were Mills and boon writers in past or present life. Thankyou very much. Elvis has left the building.