Spinifex Esprit Red Rhone Blend 2006 (Recommended)
One of very few Australian wines to contain both cinsault and carigan. Perhaps consumed a touch young but I was very keen to try wines from this house again after an absence of a few years. Nose shows a lot of zingy minerals and talcum powder, and some spice as well. Really quite powerful. Palate is powerful and centrated yet very much linear and in check. Red berries, some light cherries, a touch of licorice, and even traces of ink to finish. To me there's a slightly rough layer of heat and acid underneath the fruit, but this may well play into the hands of successful longer term cellaring. Based on critical acclaim here in Oz I'm surprised we don't sell more of this stuff. Along with Massena stakes a good claim as being the BV's leading producer right now.
Turkry Flat 'Butcher's Block' GSM 1999 (Recommended)
Took a while to get going but it ultimately did. Seemingly quite mature and perhaps tired upon opening with faded red fruits. However spice and sour fruits soon kicked in, albeit in a dry style. After an hour sweeter fruits really opened up and drove the wine beautifully. Showed great balance the whole way through. Drink over the next 12 months.
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