Kalleske, Shiraz Eduard Old Vines Brut Zero plum liqueur and violet serve

plum liqueur and violet serve as an elegant introduction to the suave and seductively textured medium-bodied flavors that exude a lovely minerality that adds a sense of lift to the lingering and balanced finish

(from Les Fremières

which at one time was part of Montrachet

with a long aftertaste of fruit and mineral

Note that my rating assumes that the nose will clean up as the sulfur and wood are absorbed

Kalleske, Shiraz Eduard Old Vines Brut Zero plum liqueur and violet serveThe 2008 Edward Shiraz has a very deep garnet purple color and quite a lot of cedar on the nose over notes of coffee beans, kirsch, blackberry preserves, licorice and loam. Very crisp in the mouth with a medium firm level grainy tannins, this is an opulent, generously fleshed style with a long finish that still shows the oak. Still very tight and youthful, give this wine another 2 years for the oak to marry and drink it 2013 to 2019+. No known USA