Sunday, April 1, 2012

Tasting - Faraway Farms Shiraz



            



Name:  Faraway Farms Shiraz
Variety:  Shiraz
Region: Did not specify
Country: South Africa
Year: 2008
Price: $6

Winery review:  Fresh, modern style, with lots of plum pudding, sweet chocolate, mocha, blackberry and boysenberry flavors supported by round, sweet tannins and toast. 


My review: If you can imagine the smell of smoke from a campfire and smashed berries combined then you can imagine the nose of this wine. I thought the smokiness overpowered the other elements of the wine. Maybe some berry flavors (what the hell does a boysenberry taste like, anyway?), but the smoke really took me out of this wine's mood. This might be the wine I'd get if I was gonna smoke some ribs, but otherwise, I cannot see it pairing with much.


I tasted this on its own with no food.

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