Another Aussie Wine (Sigh….)

Lindemans Reserve
Padthaway Shiraz 2004
Shane’s Notes
$7.99

We still haven’t had an Aussie wine that has convinced us to add Aussie wines to our repertoire. In fact, I poured this for Jen without telling her which bottle I had opened so she would give it a fair tasting. The description on the back label is fairly accurate: it says that the palate shows “plum, raspberry, black pepper and vanilla oak.” It all sounds wonderful but the vanilla flavor tends to drown out the other flavors. It was okay (or should I say oaky?) but we probably wouldn’t buy it again.