Wine Review - 2009 Barossa Valley Estates E Minor Shiraz

For those of you who watch PBS there is a show called Vine Talk where host Stanley Tucci leads a panel of Celebrities through a blind tasting of wines from a certain country and region. The wines normally range in price which can be $15 to $150 and the panel selects a favorite. At the same time, there is a studio audience who taste the wine separately and make their choice on the favorite. At the end of the show the audience favorite and the celebrity favorite are revealed. All this background was listed to say that this wine was selected as the Celebrity panel favorite for the Aussie Shiraz from the Barossa Valley show.  This wine was selected and is $18 CDN and most importantly is amazing.

This is probably the best smelling wine we have had in a long time.  It smells awesome.  It is a perfectly balanced nose of fruit, oak, and spice.  Delicious.  Then you drink it and it tastes almost as good. 

We love the perfect balance in the wine and the soft tannins with sour cherry and dark fruit notes.  So good and for the money a strong value.  Another wine that tastes like a $30 wine.  Very nice.

	Tasting Notes:	Score:
Sight (0-5)	Medium Dark Wine with some thickness	4.0
Smell (0-5)	Fantastic nose perfectly balanced dark fruit and oak	4.75
Taste (0-10)	Well balanced Round wine, with medium body and soft tannins.	8.5
	Total:	17.25 / 20  (86.25%)

This wine we found at our local Liquor Commission so I would expect it to be fairly widely available.  It is totally worth a try.

Keep on drinking!

Chris & Shannon