Majella's The Musician Cab/Shiraz 2009

So I decided to give this one a shot. I have seen it at BCLS for the past few months and have been curious about it. It caught my attention for two reasons, one is that it is from the Coonawarra, and the other is that it was rated rather nicely at 90 pts at BCLS. Before I bought it I had never heard of Majella. I took a look at their website and found that they are a relatively small vineyard in the Coonawarra. The website was decent but definitely had a family run feel to it. Not that I am against family run vineyards, but it seemed to give it a bit of a cheaper feel.

Upon tasting the wine, I was surprised. Not necessarily in a positive way. The wine was surprisingly spicy and well oaked. It had very little fruit to it. The wine reminded me of a sangiovese that I tried from Desert Winds winery in Washington, except it wasnt as smooth and the taste was more harsh. Very spicy and would be well served with pasta, and tomato sauce. Overall I wasn't too impressed. I just wasnt too happy with the taste. It was very strong and over powering at times. I struggled to finish the first glass. I hate to say a Coonawarra wine was this dissappointing, so I will try it again tomorrow night. Perhaps I new day will help. As of now, I cant recommend it.

Wynns' Coonawarra Estate Shiraz

I said in my last post that I was excited for these latest two wines I have sampled recently. In this second post, I will review the Wynn's Coonawarra Estate Shiraz. This wine is there basic Shiraz that they produce out of the Coonawarra region.

Unfortunately, this review will be a bit short. The Shiraz was good, but not great. I would say that over all I liked the Yalumba Menzies better than this red. Now, I should mention that this wine is still a pretty good wine. However, it lacks anything special. Its just a basic Shiraz, a good Shiraz, but basic none the less. You can find better wines at this price range. It would be a good wine to share with some wine novices but a more selective taster wont be as impressed.