The Star: July 18, 2019
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Thursday <strong>July</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2019</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
news online at www.star.kiwi<br />
WINE 23<br />
White to red – season for a change<br />
• By Mark Henderson<br />
THE CHANGING of the seasons<br />
marks a changing of the guard for<br />
wines too, as reds overtake whites<br />
and roses in popularity.<br />
Well, normally that is. Our<br />
recent weather has been remarkable,<br />
and topping 20 deg C in <strong>July</strong><br />
recently, for the first time since<br />
records began, was simply extraordinary.<br />
Who wouldn’t reach<br />
for a cool white?<br />
Clear, sunny skies do lead to<br />
crisp evenings though, and today’s<br />
collection of reds will warm<br />
your soul on a cold night, while<br />
doing your wallet a favour too, as<br />
promo prices should see these all<br />
sub-$20.<br />
2017 Jacob’s Creek<br />
Barossa Signature Shiraz<br />
Price: $19.99<br />
Rating: Excellent<br />
Rich and<br />
appealing<br />
nose<br />
of smoke,<br />
spices and<br />
pepper,<br />
with hints<br />
of vanilla<br />
and herb.<br />
Powerful fruit in the mouth with<br />
added complexity from dustiness,<br />
earth and black tea. Darker<br />
fruit spectrum fleshing out nicely<br />
with aeration offering immediate<br />
accessibility, yet the fine tannic<br />
backbone suggests potential too.<br />
Lovely flavours and real drinkability.<br />
www.jacobscreek.com<br />
2016 <strong>The</strong> Lindsay<br />
Collection <strong>The</strong> Selector<br />
Barossa Valley Shiraz<br />
Price: $22.99<br />
Rating: Very good<br />
Fragrant<br />
and perfumed,<br />
red<br />
berry fruits,<br />
oak scents,<br />
a little char.<br />
Slinky entry,<br />
squishy berries,<br />
chocolate<br />
and<br />
while bigger<br />
framed,<br />
there’s a light<br />
touch to this too, with the sweeter<br />
fruits countered by freshness and<br />
bright acidity. A little coffeed oak<br />
appears with time, as the wine fattens<br />
up, showing good length.<br />
An appealing glass of wine.<br />
www.lindsaywineestate.com.au<br />
2017 I Am George<br />
Langhorne Creek Shiraz<br />
Price: $22.99<br />
Rating: Excellent<br />
<strong>The</strong><br />
nose oozes<br />
richness<br />
with darker<br />
fruits, wild,<br />
funky hints<br />
and an aged<br />
balsamiclike<br />
top note<br />
evolving<br />
beautifully<br />
with aeration. Real power here,<br />
the fruit filling the palate with a<br />
mix of dark and red berry fruit<br />
and spice, nicely seasoned oak in<br />
support.<br />
A meal in a glass, and precisely<br />
what you’d expect in a glass of<br />
Aussie shiraz.<br />
www.iamgeorge.com.au<br />
2016 <strong>The</strong> Lindsay<br />
Collection His Only Pair<br />
Barossa Valley Cabernet<br />
Sauvignon<br />
Price: $22.99<br />
Rating: Very good to<br />
excellent<br />
Intriguing nose. Raspberry/<br />
blackcurrant fruit, brambly wild<br />
herbs, funk,<br />
menthol and a<br />
whisper of sour<br />
cream. Nicely<br />
weighted in the<br />
mouth, supple<br />
with good fruit<br />
intensity and an<br />
underlay of wild<br />
herbs before the<br />
tannins and acidity rush in on the<br />
finish.<br />
This comes together nicely in<br />
the glass, building to an appealingly<br />
fragrant, lip-smacking<br />
close.<br />
www.lindsaywineestate.com.au<br />
2017 Jacob’s Creek<br />
Barossa Signature<br />
Cabernet Sauvignon<br />
Price: $19.99<br />
Rating: Excellent<br />
Classic<br />
cabernet<br />
nose of<br />
blackcurrant<br />
and crushed<br />
leaf; a little<br />
earthy dustiness<br />
too.<br />
Fragrant and<br />
elegant. Richly silky entry, powerful<br />
and intense, filling the palate,<br />
managing lovely balance. Little<br />
notes of complexity pop up as<br />
the wine evolves gracefully in the<br />
glass. Neatly judged tannin and<br />
acidity and a long herb-accented<br />
finish.<br />
Lots of pleasure to be had here.<br />
wwwjacobscreek.com<br />
2017 I Am George<br />
Limestone Coast Cabernet<br />
Sauvignon<br />
Price: $22.99<br />
Rating: Excellent<br />
Eucalypt<br />
and freshly<br />
sawn timber,<br />
cassis<br />
and black<br />
cherry.<br />
This shows<br />
finesse on<br />
entry and<br />
brightness<br />
to the fruit,<br />
highlighting<br />
blackcurrant with a little<br />
herbal underlay. Quite powerful<br />
tannins and brisk acidity that gets<br />
the salivary juices flowing, before<br />
flowing to a long, eucalypt-tinged<br />
close.<br />
Huge appeal — the lipsmacking<br />
tanginess leaves you<br />
crying out for another glass.<br />
www.iamgeorge.com.au<br />
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