Tasting Notes - Brini 'Sebastian' Shiraz 2003

Flagship wine from a less than stellar vintage. Good nose with quite a pronounced lift of bright berry fruits. Not at all heavy, almost aromatic with a good lick of funky savoury fruits, providing a good level of complexity.Palate provides an interesting contrast. Front half is all about light delicate berry fruits, almost dances across the tongue. Firms up a little with some prominant tannic matched with savoury fruits and trade mark licorice. As with the Blewitt Springs the fruit just needs to step up a notch but the wine is looking good right now.Probably well priced at $24 and it will be interesting to see how it compares with other 2003 shiraz like the Marius, Foggo Road, Chalk Hill, Koltz etc. To be honest there are probably better buys from 2001 and 2002 at the minute but regardless this is a solid wine.