Balgownie Estate Bendigo Shiraz 2012
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The 2012 Estate Shiraz is a lovely wine from beginning to end. While it’s currently 13 years old, it only has a touch of garnet highlights in its rich and ruby-coloured juice. The nose is a delight, offering lovely cinnamon powder and a smidge of vanilla, with tertiary notes of dried red and black fruits, prune, smoke and clove. The palate is silky, concentrated and delicious, with fully integrated tannins and quite a light touch, not big and brash. It’s reached its peak but there’ll still be quite a while until it begins to decline.
Brendan is a Melbourne-based writer, filmmaker, playwright and composer. Since 2013, he has been published in national and regional Australian titles such as Halliday Magazine, Gourmet Traveller Wine, Grapegrower and Winemaker, Gippslandia, Gippsland Lifestyle, Yarra Valley and Ranges and Gippsland Country Life magazines. Brendan was a finalist for 2024 Wine Communicator Awards in the 'Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column' category. He has completed the WSET Level 3 course (gaining a Distinction) and has a passion for small producers of wine, beer and spirits. He is also the co-editor of 'I'm Not a Film Star: David Bowie as Actor' for Bloomsbury Academic.
