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Radford Eden Valley Shiraz 2006

Radford Eden Valley Shiraz 2006
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Name:   Radford Eden Valley Shiraz 2006
Bottle: $40.00
Dozen:$432.00
Year:      2006
Region:  Eden Valley, SA
Variety:  Shiraz
Type:     Red
Size:      750ml
Alcohol: 14.5%

Date Tasted

25th February, 2009

Appearance

Deep blood red.

Nose

Opulent red berry fruits dominate the nose, with some crunchy green celery and underlying oak aromas.

Palate

Rich and luscious red berry fruits follow on from the nose, with drying tannins across the entire palate. There is exceptional length in this wine. While the oak dominates now, the wine is too young and in time will integrate with the intense fruit flavours and tannins. It has the potential to cellar spectacularly.

Closure

Screwcap

Cellaring

10-15 years


95Points
Nick Stock, The Penguin Wine Guide
 says:

This has the distinctive air of Eden Valley's lofty spice and fragrance with the requisite understated power to place it at the front of the pack. Dark blackberry and plum fruits, and dark spices, some pepper and fragrant, cedary oak too. The palate moves through red fruits and really showcases regional spice amid finely sheeted tannins and fresh, bright acid crunch. Lovely structural build, superb balance and outstanding quality for the money.


94Points
Campbell Mattinson & Gary Walsh, The Big Red Wine Book
 says:

Majorly beautiful. Lush and smooth, rich and mouthfilling, all of which is a blessed thing – but what really elevates it is the feeling of elegance it manages to maintain throughout. Style, substance, class and impact. You can ask for little more. This is near perfect winemaking and growing.


93Points
James Halliday
 says:

Bright colour; touch of reduction, with a savoury dark array of fruit; medium-bodied, dry and with a mineral quality to the palate; a firm and long finish.


92Points
Huon Hooke - Gourmet Traveller Wine Contributing Editor
 says:

This wine, made by Ben Radford's wife Gill, has a soft, typical Eden Valley mulberry/leafy aroma with mixed-berry and cassis overtones. It's smooth, sweet-fruited and gentle with medium body and real drinkability.


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