Dalla Mia Finstra is a small Yarra Valley operation planted in 1989. Until 2002, the vineyard supplied other producers. Since then, wines have been bottled under the Dalla Mia Finestra label. If this particular wine is any indication, it is a label to follow, particularly if bottles can be found at the bargain price of just $12.
The 2006 Dalla Mia Finestra Shiraz is an elegant and refined Shiraz, supple and silky, just medium in body. Thanks to several years bottle age, it reveals modest complexity in the form of fig and leather, with a subtle overlay of spice. Tasted blind, one would expect to pay around $25 or so for a wine of this quality. Other vintages of the same wine sell for just under $20 direct from the winery. At the purchase price of $12, from a specialist wine retailer, it is a dead set bargain. In this day and age, many wines claim to be bargains, but rarely deliver. Dalla Mia Finestra Shiraz is one such wine that overdelivers.
2006 DALLA MIA FINESTRA SHIRAZ
Producer: Yarrandah Wines
Variety: Syrah/Shiraz
Vintage: 2006
Region: Yarra Valley, Victoria
ABV: 13.7%
Closure: Screw cap
Format: 750ml
Retail price: $12.00
Date tasted: 9 July 2012
Tasting Note:
Bright ruby red. Clean nose of cherry, plum, raspberry, and Asian spices. Dry, medium bodied, elegant and refined, silky polished tannins, characters on the nose carry through to the palate, together with a touch of leather and fig, suggesting development. Good length.
Score: 16/20
The 2006 Dalla Mia Finestra Shiraz is an elegant and refined Shiraz, supple and silky, just medium in body. Thanks to several years bottle age, it reveals modest complexity in the form of fig and leather, with a subtle overlay of spice. Tasted blind, one would expect to pay around $25 or so for a wine of this quality. Other vintages of the same wine sell for just under $20 direct from the winery. At the purchase price of $12, from a specialist wine retailer, it is a dead set bargain. In this day and age, many wines claim to be bargains, but rarely deliver. Dalla Mia Finestra Shiraz is one such wine that overdelivers.
Producer: Yarrandah Wines
Variety: Syrah/Shiraz
Vintage: 2006
Region: Yarra Valley, Victoria
ABV: 13.7%
Closure: Screw cap
Format: 750ml
Retail price: $12.00
Date tasted: 9 July 2012
Tasting Note:
Bright ruby red. Clean nose of cherry, plum, raspberry, and Asian spices. Dry, medium bodied, elegant and refined, silky polished tannins, characters on the nose carry through to the palate, together with a touch of leather and fig, suggesting development. Good length.
Score: 16/20
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