2005 - Cape Mentelle -Shiraz - Margaret River - Western Australia - (Modern, Ager) - One look at (certainly not thru) this wine and we see a dark opaque purple/black wine with a garnet rim. Viscosity is very high as is concentration. Aromas are intense and clearly Australian: Chocolate, mint, brown spice, caramel, leather, plums, blueberries, blackberry pie filling and raw coconut/coconut shell. This wine is dry, highly tannic, moderatly acidic and highly alcoholic in the classic Aussie paradigm. It was the tannin structure which led me away from South Australia, but not away from Shiraz! Thick and viscous in the rich, syrupy midpalette thru to an extended finish of sweet and bitter chocolate and fig paste.
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