spicy finish

This is very definitely and ‘buy and forget it somewhere deep in the cellar’ wine

with a mixture of flowers and acid berries hints of oriental spices

Thierry Allemand has been working the steep slopes just outside the town of Cornas since 1982

harmonious and quite suave

Clarendon Hills, Astralis Shiraz other_regions_italy spicy finishThe 2001 Syrah Astralis Vineyard may be just as compelling as the 2002. Tighter because of being in the bottle, it is an extraordinary effort that offers the essence of graphite, blackberry liqueur, espresso, and acacia flowers, all combining into an olfactory smorgasbord for the senses. Sensationally concentrated, with sweet tannin, but neither weighty nor over the top as might be expected for a wine of such extreme richness, it is an extraordinarily