Barossa & Eden Valley SA 14.5% Screwcap CD $25- Tasted 2/9/09
I’m a bit late on the Karra Yerta bandwagon really. You’ll find better tasting notes of this wine over at The Wine Front-http://www.winefront.com.au/ (subscription needed, and it’s more than worth it) and Full Pour- http://www.fullpour.com/
I tasted this after a raft of amazing Barrosan reds that were presented at Tyson Stelzer’s and Grant Dodd’s “Barossa Wine Traveller” and the couple of glasses I had last night were wonderfully satisfying as a night cap. You’d never pick the ABV, it’s all in balance. 87% Barossan and Eden Valley Shiraz, 13% Eden Valley Cabernet.
Blackberries, dried flowers, cooked meat, violets, plums, a touch of Cabernet leaf and some chocolate. All complex and in harmony. Sweet/savoury interplay is very good and the structure seems equal parts acid and tannin. Very impressive for a wine at this price point. Very impressive for a wine full stop. Lovely long finish via those tannins, which started to kick in around the mid palate. I liked that after the juicy entry. Order some, or buy some at Bar Barossa in Queen Street, Brisbane. I don’t believe there is a lot of it made (170 cases is all), which is a shame in some ways.
Winery Website- http://www.karrayertawines.com.au/wines.html