Name: Black Swan
Variety: Shiraz
Region: South Eastern Australia Country: Australia
Year: 2011
Price: $5.99
Black Swan Review: Exhibits flavours of black cherry and peppery
spice, blended in harmony to create an elegant, remarkably smooth wine.
Medium-bodied in character, our Shiraz offers outstanding mouth feel in a very
drinkable wine. The finish delivers soft, balanced tannins and a hint of dark
cherry fruit.
My Review: The color of this wine is really dark, it looks black and you
can only see red around the very edges where the light goes through it. After smelling for a really long time it has
a somewhat woody scent. But not in a
good way, like maybe wood that was stained not too long ago. If the bottle hadn’t had a synthetic cork, I
probably would have expected to get bits of cork in my mouth from drinking
this. It’s pretty spicy or sharp, I’m
not sure what’s the best word here. It’s also fairly dry. I wouldn’t use the
words “soft” or “smooth” like the winery description, but they got peppery
spice right. It’s not bad but I am unimpressed,
I probably wouldn’t buy it again. I
can’t taste any cherry or fruit, it seems like a pretty standard and
uninteresting wine. I tried having it
with mac-n-cheese to maybe improve how I feel about this wine, but all I am
really getting from this is the spicy-ness and the alcohol is coming through
more than I would like.
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