28º CATAD'OR WORLD WINE AWARDS

Wakefield Taylors Wines

Australia

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Wine Name

The Pioneer Shiraz 2018

Valley

Clare Valley

Indicative Price

More US$ 43

Wine Type

Syrah

Labeled Grape Variety

Shiraz

Year

2018

Varietal Composition (%)

100% Syrah

Type and duration of aging

24 Meses (Oaked)

Liters of Definitive Storage

2817

Sugar (g/l)

0,61 g/l

Content Alcohol (%)

14,5%

Evaluation

Visual

Poor »

Adequate

Average

Very Good

Excellent

Sight (5 de 5)

Color (9,6 de 10)

Nose

Genuineness (5,22 de 6)

Positive Intensity (7,2 de 8)

Quality (14,08 de 16)

Taste

Genuineness (4,98 de 6)

Quality (19,58 de 22)

Persistence (7,36 de 8)

Intensity (7,6 de 8)

Overall Judgment (10,23 de 11)

Tasting Note

Lavishly oaked in the nose, with notes of salt-cured black olives and cherry cordial in the nose. The mouth is indulgent with ripe raspberry and bilberry flavors woven around an oak-scented structure. Well-made, balanced wine that, while big, isn’t a bruiser. J.R.