Wine Advocate # 173
Oct 2007 |
Jay Miller |
94 |
Drink 2013 - 2030 |
$80 (80) |
| The 2006 Shiraz (66%) –
Cabernet Sauvignon (34%) “Enchanted Path” was made entirely from
McLaren Vale fruit. Opaque purple-colored, the wine has a
fragrant bouquet of pain grille, leather, smoked meat, game,
blueberry, and blackberry. This is followed by a structured wine
with intense, spicy black fruit flavors, full-body, and superb
balance. It is still tightly wound and will benefit from 6-8
years of cellaring. This promising effort should drink well
through 2030. Mollydooker (the Australian equivalent of
“Southpaw”– both Sparky and Sarah Marquis are left-handed) is
the label of the renowned winemaking team of Sparky and Sarah
Marquis. This is their second vintage following the schism with
The Grateful Palate and the end of their involvement in the
hugely successful Marquis Philips project. Total case production
is 72,000, down from the 120,000 cases produced under the
Marquis Philips label. They have also set up their own importing
company in the United States. |
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