Two Hands, Bella's Garden Shiraz Vintage:2004

Two Hands, Bella's Garden Shiraz Vintage:2004From the Barossa, the inky ruby purple hued 2004 Shiraz Bellas Garden offers notions of mint, blackberries, smoke, dusty earth, and a distinctive licorice and creme de cassis character. This layered, full bodied, powerful (all of these wines have 15 16% alcohol), stunningly complex, rich, impressive Shiraz requires 2 3 years of cellaring, and should keep for 10 15.

This is quite cool and restrained with its airy red currant

elegant and insinuating

(92-95)/2034+

layered finish with lingering exotic spice and black berry preserves notes

all wrapped in a relatively powerful

finishing long and spicy

almost severe in structure

with peppery and spicy dark plum fruits and a grainy finish

It's as though the Clos de Bèze and Chambertin have switched places in 2006 as here the nose is positively kaleidoscopic with a huge range of aromas and spice elements along with a hint of menthol

There are notes of dried cherry

red berries

An extremely ripe yet remarkably nuanced and highly complex nose features earthy and spicy fresh red pinot fruit