Booze Review: McGuigans Bin 2000 Shiraz
Nov. 20th, 2003 06:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
solipsistnationYup, pretty good. More like a standard red-- dry, a little tannic, sharper-- than your standard spicy and fruity (...the way I like my women...) shiraz.
I can see why Wine Spectator liked this one, considering that they seem to really like big reds. This one seems somewhere between, say, a cabernet and the more typical shiraz.
I like it, but not in the same way as, say, the Taltarni from a couple of weeks ago. This is a good respectable red, if not particularly distinctive.
I discovered last night that Trader Joe's sells Jacob's Creek 2000 Reserve Shiraz. I picked up a bottle, and eventually I'll see if that's any good. I suspect it will be, although it seems like any random spare grapes can get called "reserve" these days, and I'm not sure if I really trust Trader Joe's for wine-- the 2-buck Chuck is kind of an omninous portent.
I also saw that this week's Wine Spectator has a big feature on Syrah (which is non-Australian for Shiraz), meaning that my favorite cheap booze has been noticed by the masses, and may suddenly become expensive. If so, I may have to find something else obscure to drink my way through. Shoot, I might have to start paying more than 8 or 9 bucks a bottle for my favorite things! Man.
Hooray for cheese.
EDIT:
I like this wine more and more as I go on, and it's not just because I'm becoming slowly and pleasantly drunk from it. As it breathes, it opens up and develops a really smooth mouth feel and pleasant and subtle spicy flavor. This is a good wine for savoring over time, and goes well with cheeses and other fatty foods.
I recommend this. Very nice.
I can see why Wine Spectator liked this one, considering that they seem to really like big reds. This one seems somewhere between, say, a cabernet and the more typical shiraz.
I like it, but not in the same way as, say, the Taltarni from a couple of weeks ago. This is a good respectable red, if not particularly distinctive.
I discovered last night that Trader Joe's sells Jacob's Creek 2000 Reserve Shiraz. I picked up a bottle, and eventually I'll see if that's any good. I suspect it will be, although it seems like any random spare grapes can get called "reserve" these days, and I'm not sure if I really trust Trader Joe's for wine-- the 2-buck Chuck is kind of an omninous portent.
I also saw that this week's Wine Spectator has a big feature on Syrah (which is non-Australian for Shiraz), meaning that my favorite cheap booze has been noticed by the masses, and may suddenly become expensive. If so, I may have to find something else obscure to drink my way through. Shoot, I might have to start paying more than 8 or 9 bucks a bottle for my favorite things! Man.
Hooray for cheese.
EDIT:
I like this wine more and more as I go on, and it's not just because I'm becoming slowly and pleasantly drunk from it. As it breathes, it opens up and develops a really smooth mouth feel and pleasant and subtle spicy flavor. This is a good wine for savoring over time, and goes well with cheeses and other fatty foods.
I recommend this. Very nice.