Perdeberg Winery Reserve Paarl Shiraz 2009 86 Points

Perdeberg Winery Reserve Paarl Shiraz 2009 86 Points


Clear, bright, ruby red with purple rim, perfect color for a 2009 Shiraz, medium plus concentration and medium plus viscosity, no gas or sediment.

Clean, with medium plus intensity, ripe exotic plums, dark cherries, strawberries and blueberies, earthy, loamy dark soil, fragrant and nutty toasty oak, mocha, well judged, no greenness and yet alcohol very well in checked, American oak obvious but subtle, perhaps some French oak as well, as the cedar and vanillin note suggest, complex and layered aromatics, quite captivating actually, for sure New World in style, nothing shy here!

Dry with some residual sugar, medium acidity, medium plus alcohol, medium tannin rolling in texture, new flavours of juicy ripe and savory black olives and dark cherries, leather, medium plus lenght and medium plus complexity.

As we are now in full autumnal swing in the Southern Hemisphere, it's kind of the perfect wine to start looking for, juicy, full bodied and warming, great for the cool evening we are starting to experience.

If served under South African climatic conditions, poured at 14 degrees celsius and paired with a slow braised oxtail, medley of roots vegetables and home made mash potato with cheddar.

Now until 2017, if cellared under optimum conditions.

Perdeberg Shiraz Reserve is very well priced at around less than half the price compare to other Paarl and SA Shiraz, honest approach, over deliver in quality, perhaps the industry can follow?

In this tough recessionary time when wine sales is getting more and more tricky to achieve, couple with wine drinkers drinking less and less when dining out, due to road block almost every night of the week now in Johannesburg!!