Arakoon, Doyen Willunga Shiraz, McLaren Vale

Typical thick peppery Australian shiraz with structure and good length.

The components of this wine has varied over the years with shiraz and Adelaide Hills fruit (I think?) included in the makeup. 2003 is a straight cabernet from McLaren Vale. Straight out of the bottle there's no doubt this is a monster of a wine. Massively ripe nose, hot and penetrating. Exactly the same in the mouth and to be honest the wine was just too hot and searing, and did not go well with dinner (curry) at all. In …

Year in year out one of the region's biggest ball tearing wines. Shows some similarity to the previous reviewed Blewitt Springs shiraz but is essentially an upsized version - more of everything. Ripe, lifted nose with sweet fruits but muted with some oak. Big in the mouth; very ripe with nice tannins (not agressive), some heat, more assertive sweet berry fruit, but the oak is less apparent than the nose would suggest. Finish is long, helped by the 16.5%. This …