Lerida Estate Lake George Shiraz/Viognier

Black fruits and spice on the nose. It's a big wine for this region. The 14.9% a/v probably helps that. It's just a tad too noticeable for me, with some heat on the finish. However, it's got plenty of interest. The tannins are fine, there's black fruit on the palate, with herbs and spice as well. There is some apricot lift from the Viognier too. I think a few more years will do it no harm.

2011 Sydney International Wine Show - Top 100 tasting (Menzies Hotel, Sydney) : {screwcap, 14.9%} A coolly black-smelling shiraz. Graphite and coal. The viognier is just detectable as an exotic apricot lift on the nose, but it doesn’t really intrude. Oak is subtle here; the palate is warmly ripe with black fruit and tastes youthful and warm. A couple of years may give another dimension, although I recall the (higher alcohol) 2006 growing staler as it aged. I’d drink this …