Region: Northern Barossa Valley
Country: (Southern) Australia
Year: 2009
Price: $15.00 (and worth every penny)
Food?: Paired with milk chocolate
Winery Review:
Selected fruit from family owned vineyards in the northern Barossa Valley. This wine showcases classical Barossa Black Fruit characters with Dark Chocolate flavors matured for 2 years in a combination of French and American oak barrels.
Selected fruit from family owned vineyards in the northern Barossa Valley. This wine showcases classical Barossa Black Fruit characters with Dark Chocolate flavors matured for 2 years in a combination of French and American oak barrels.
My Review:
Perfect in every way for Valentine's Day, Chocolate Box's "Shiraz" wine comes highly rated from the Vintage Cellar, bearing 91 points. Not only does this wine come highly rated, but also features an eye-catching label with a blonde vintage inspired pin-up girl. Deep magenta in color, I found this red (or blonde?) to be very light and sweet on the nose with a hint of plum and blackberry. The wine features a very fruity, blackberry pie taste on the mid-pallete and also an interesting kalamatra olive flavor towards the end-pallate. An interesting combination that is only enhanced with milk chocolate. I would say, however, that the milk chocolate tends to bring out the bitter tannins a bit more than I would like, and a dark chocolate pairing would be more appropriate. Overall, I would say that this wine would make a very sweet date, 100 points in my book. 
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