2001 Wyndham Estate Shiraz Bin 555
The nose on this wine is soft sweet oak, with a touch of gentle raspberry, but I can’t get past what seems like kilograms of residual sugar on the palate. The wine has no detectable structure – acid is non-existent, and there seems to be little tannin, just an underlying harshness utterly drenched by lashings of sugar. Perhaps as the first step in converting cordial or soft drink consumers to wine it’s appropriate – it certainly ensures they’ll experience minimal changes in flavour profile. It was all I could do to finish my 80ml glass. Very sad – years ago Bin 555 was actually a drinkable wine. No longer. I don’t know what it sells for (less than $10 surely), but I’m sure you could do better for the money. – Tasted 12/18/2003.
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