Floral fynbos, wild tea and smokey cold meat aromas. Intense flavours of chocolate cherries, fresh tobacco and orange rind fill the palate.
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Rich, ripe fruit, well balanced
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Decanter award. Sleek, elegant. Vanilla & red currants, light pepper edge, perfectly balanced.
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Backsberg Pumphouse Shiraz 2004 Price: £10.49
Incl. dash Malbac, hints of vanilla, spicy red fruit
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Ripe plum, mulberry and red cherry flavours are spiced and structred by maturation for 9 months in oak barriques.
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5 Stars. Very small allocation, hints of white peppered blueberries, fine tannins.
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Dark berry fruits, savoury dry tannins, Gold & Silver medals
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Aromatic, spicy fruit nose and palate
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An explosion of berry richness, leather and cigar box with undertones of sweet spice, vanilla and hints of cinnamon.
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Award winner, spicy peppery, red berry elements. Good value.
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Deep, rich and plummy in colour, bouquet that's intensely warm and smoky with typical spice and white pepper flavours
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Fine grained tannins, great fruit structure excellent value vs. quality
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Bright rubycolour, spicy, cherry aromas, fantastic value.
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The only 5 sar Shiraz from Decanter in a SA tasting of 50 different Shiraz in Jan. 05
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Rich ripe plum and cherry flavours, edged with vanilla
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Easy drinking, lighter fruity style
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From small parcels of selected fruit, blockbuster New World style - rich, opulent mocha/dark chocolate, hints of liquorice and vanilla edged spicy red fruit.
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Excellent balance between oak, alcohol & fruit. Succulent, spicy mouthfeel.
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Good red fruit, light vanilla elements
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Flagship forward jammy fruity blockbuster.
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Juicy fruity style - lighter oak
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Balanced ripe peppery spices, plum fruit with a hint of coconut. Good value.
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(5 Platter stars) 350 cases, cassis & herb nose, full bodied with serene ripe fruit.
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Sweet berry fruit, tasty/smoky oak flavours, full-bodied & well rounded.
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Juicy, fruity red fruit styled to be enjoyed easily.
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4.5 stars, fragrant herbal edge, refined tannins, succulent fruit, good acidity, fabulous balance, subtle oak.
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(4.5 Platter stars) Benchmark SA Shiraz, rich fruit, resonating spice, firm tannins, will continue to improve. Rated as a serious contender for the title of "SA's best Syrah"
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New, beautifully structured, elements of violets & dark savoury fruit.
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