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Luddite, Shiraz, Western Cape, 2002

Duty Paid, 1 bottle, 75cl

ID: 268286

No Reserve

Description

A bottle stored in my underground Victorian cellar. Bottle 6132/12600. Slightly bin-soiled labels.

Jancis Robinson "Wine of the Week" (18th November 2003)
This particular wine is emphatically not a cool-climate Shiraz. In fact it s a great walloping thing with 15.5 per cent alcohol from a warmer-than-usual vintage and from unirrigated vineyards in the warmish regions of Malmesbury and Bottelary in Stellenbosch. I would normally expect to find this all a bit too much but the balance is great and the wine, despite its youth, awfully easy to drink... Anyway, believe me that this wine is a triumph of flavour over alcohol - no added water here - with real backbone as well as tons (six to the hectare/2.4 to the acre) of spicy fruit. More leathery than the average New World Syrah but nothing like a North Rhône wine... Unfortunately the wine is not widely available (this wine of the week is more to signal that this is a name to notice).

Item Details

Item ID:

268286

Name:

Luddite, Shiraz, Western Cape

Producer:

Luddite

Quantity / Size:

1 bottles, 75cl each

Bottle Format:

Bottle

Duty Status:

Duty Paid

Wine Packaging

None

Country / Region:

South Africa, Western Cape

Fill Level:

Into Neck (IN)

Ended:

25th Apr 2024 18:30

Shipping

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