Announcing the 2010 Red Wine of the Year…
The Wine of the Year Finalist results are in – as voted by you – and the winner is:Krondorf 'Growers' Barossa Shiraz 2008
This wine was unanimously voted the winner by a record number of votes! And it wasn’t only you who picked it as a winner. The world’s top wine judges agree too...This outstanding wine won a coveted Silver medal at the 2010 London International Wine Challenge – the world’s most prestigious and influential wine competition. It scored higher points than such iconic wines as Grant Burge Meshach 2006 (RRP $100 a bottle) and Hardys Eileen Hardy Shiraz 2005 ($98 a bottle), highlighting the exceptional value you get as a Wine of the Year subscriber at just $14.99 a bottle (full price $25.99).
International Wine Challenge 2010 Judges’ say...
"Very deep colour. Sweet, briary, slightly baked fruit and sloe nose. Baked black fruit palate, sweet, ripe and full. Spicy, supple and slightly simple but very well balanced if slightly sweet after taste."
Our Tasting Panel Judges’ comments...
Smells like..."Ripe, spiced dark berry fruit with mocha complexity and vanilla hints."
Tastes like... "Smooth, deep blackberry and plum melt-in-the-mouth flavours slip down the throat like silk, helped along by fine-grained tannins, soft peppery spice notes and leather-like complexity. As it warms in the glass the wine seems to become even softer and deeper – a classic Barossa Shiraz! The incredible depth and complexity of this wine reflects the efforts of dedicated, passionate Barossa growers Randolph Bowen, and Marcus and Roslyn Schulz (whose fruit has been used in Grange!) Drink now–2015."
We’d drink it with..."Char-grilled dry aged rib-eye steak with béarnaise sauce and hand-cut chips. Or after dinner, with hard, mature cheeses."
Our customers' comments...
“Great tasting wine – it felt like drinking a much more expensive wine. It ticked all the boxes in what I want from a Shiraz.”
R Martin - VIC
"Amazing flavour and depth."
R Ferdinands - SA
"When I drank this wine it was so smooth and mellow that I just didn’t want the glass to finish. It was exceptionally good; actually unbeatable in fact."
A Gray - NSW