ON-222323

Best's Bin No. 1 Great Western Shiraz 2018, Victoria

Shiraz Shiraz
Victoria, Australia

$21.95 (222323)

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  • 9090
90 pts
4
January 08, 2022

Critic Reviews (3)

David Lawrason
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David Lawrason

Great Western is a cooler climate appellation in Victoria, two hours west of Melbourne, a rolling landscape leading...

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Sara d'Amato
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Sara d'Amato

A lovely lush salty dark find that is ALL fruit only with a hint of sandalwood from oak. Love the density here and...

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Michael Godel
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Michael Godel

Not the bruiser some might expect from shiraz but a light, bright and fanciful example instead. No heat only cool,...

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Community Reviews (1)

David Brodati, DipWSET
David Brodati, DipWSET

Wide range of scores from the pro critics here. I'm siding with Mr. Szabo as my bottle also had very high levels of SO2, making this quaff not enjoyable at all. The palate was also quite bitter, almost green. It seems the fruit and other notes are too masked to really show through, leaving the more unpleasant elements to dominate. Feb. 2022.

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