Giaconda needs no introduction. Simply put, it is Australia’s greatest small winery. Although best known for its Chardonnay, Giaconda also produces some of Australia’s finest Shiraz, albeit a very European expression of the variety.
Over a decade from vintage, the 2004 Giaconda Warner Vineyard Shiraz is singing. While it might be Beechworth in origin, the wine is a Hermitage look-a-like, with notes of hung game/charcuterie, woodsmoke and ground pepper. It has little in common with Australian Shiraz of old.
This is a highly complex and sophisticated wine that surely ranks among the best Shiraz to come from these Shiraz. It delivers enormous drinking pleasure here and now, but there’s plenty of fuel in the tank for those that enjoy their wines fully mature.
2004 GIACONDA WARNER VINEYARD SHIRAZProducer: Giaconda
Variety: Syrah/Shiraz
Vintage: 2004
Region: Beechworth, Victoria
ABV: 13.5%
Closure: Natural cork
Retail Price: $100.00
Date tasted: 25 December 2015
Tasting Note:
Deep crimson in appearance - barely looks more than two or three years old. Complex nose of ground pepper, charcuterie/hung meat and game, camphor, woodsmoke. Dry, medium to full-bodied, meaty, gamey and savoury. Very long and persistent. In a good spot now, but has the depth and structure to develop in bottle for a further decade.
Score: 18.5/20
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