2003 Tyrrell’s Vat 8
On September - 27 - 2006 ADD COMMENTS
I drank a 2003 Tyrrell’s Vat 8 Shiraz Cabernet (Hunter-Medgee) last weekend, and honestly, it was a lovely wine. Meaty but not overpowering, fine tannins, discreet acid, lovely developing brambly earth/fruit flavours, 13.8% or similar, good balance, respectable finish; everything you could want in a wine. Quaint retro label as well. Will last for years, but drinks OK now. Maybe the wines of the 80s were a bit toxic, but Tyrrell’s have really got their act together these days. At $26-odd from the mail list upon release they’re reasonable value too – at least as interesting as Cape Mentelle Trinders, Wynns Johnson’s; similarly-priced commercial wines. – Tasted 9/27/2006.
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