2002 Castagna Genesis Shiraz

Notes sourced from Castagna.

Visually it presents itself as a deep magenta/crimson hue, not black. The initial aroma is of graphite, that old-fashioned, gun-flint aroma that one rarely sees outside of the best of the northern Rhône or sous bois-style burgundy. Then comes the lifted aroma of pepper, spice, liquorice, saddle-leather and rose petals. The palate is a mirror of the bouquet - it is of medium weight, the oak and fruit tannins are very fine, savoury and rounded. Sweet black fruits, a twist of black pepper wrapped in a creamy textual flowing palate that is feminine and sweetly perfumed. In time this wine will bear more than a resemblance to a complex sans bois-style pinot rather than a more muscular shiraz. It is aromatic, fleet-of-foot and sensually seductive.
13.5% alcohol volume.