Rusden, Black Guts Shiraz other_regions_italy This is a wonderfully impressive

This is a wonderfully impressive wine that has the touch of youthful austerity that Champans always seems to display

humus and underbrush influences

Lacks the complexity of the Calon Ségur 1998 tasted immediately beforehand but it certainly isn't tired in any way

with this bottling using fruit from both the rocky

Rusden, Black Guts Shiraz other_regions_italy This is a wonderfully impressiveCoffee, dark chocolate, earth and mushroom. This has aged really well, with long, musty complexity on the palate. The fruit is dried up, but has a preserved, porty sort of power to it. This is a great vindication of how well those 'Parkerised' styles can age, in fact. Long, balanced, authentic. (RH)