Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Saltram No1 2006

A wine of some substance and structure , the no1 really is a bench mark . For those that do not like shiraz try this! Now obviously we are talking about a wine that has lost that youthful mouth filling oak and started to allow the mid palate to show its regional identity, full and rounded but not overcooked by any means . this is not the pepper experience but someting a little more lay back, seductive, definantly not the north west of barossa. .The structural componants of acid are still quite present but the removalist truck has arrived and most of its baggage has been shipped to the back ground . This wine will live for a long time yet .What I enjoyed here was the rather seamless nature and style of this wine.

5/5 cases
premium catagory
cellaring - 10 - 15 years