Gentle Annie Cabernet Shiraz

Last night I dreamt I was a columnist for the Daily Mail. It was terrible.

I'm still suffering from post traumatic stress, so I'll make this quick. The Gentle Annie Shiraz Cabernet 2003 is from a small independent producer in Central Victoria, and as such is a wine that I really wanted to like. Did I? Sort of.

The easy thing to say is that it's a good wine rather than great wine. It's predominately shiraz, and it shows with soft, dark fruits on the palate. Although its been in bottle for almost 6 years the fruit is still going strong, but the tannins don't seem big enough to support it, and altogether it feels a little out of balance. There's some nice mint and eucalypt notes, but on the finish there's a slightly odd character which I neither identified or went wild for. I have an 03 Cabernet kicking around somewhere, and I'll see how that measures up.

Looking at this, it's not the greatest tasting note I've ever written, but I'm sure that it won't be the worst. Either way, it's Friday and we've got three days off work, so it must be good.

That's it. Be seeing you.