Domaine Terlato & Chapoutier, Shiraz Viognier, Pyrenees

From a bleeder bottle. And smelling pretty good. Palate is a little burned out - meaning hollow. And then some bitterness.

Easy drinking deep with slightly peppery but not spicy

Sour!

The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. It tastes like cranberry and stoniness.

Russk. Great mouth and great price. Nose uninteresting. 90 minus points

Decent for the price, but lacks complexity and agree with the comments below that it is a bit off-balanced. I think it's young and flavor profile is definitely old-world, not ripe, tight, etc. Even on the second day it really didn't open up much. Not sure what WS was thinking when they gave this a 90 and put it on their top-100 list.

Nice floral nose, but palate was completely off - tart and very much out of balance. Would not recommend.

Terrible now. Hope problem is too young to drink. Like unripened fruit.

Saturday Walk Around Tasting at The Gourmet Shop, Columbia, SC 12/13/2014 (The Gourmet Shop, Columbia, SC) : Just a still young, dark, brooding Aussie Shiraz livened by a small dose of Viognier which is evident on the nose. Rich dark color. The nose took some swirling to release some black currant and blackberry. Could really use a decant. Though quite tight, it has serious potential, showing some pedigreed grape growing and wine making with a full bodied richness noticeable as …