Hunter Valley Shiraz doesn’t get the best airtime south of the border for one reason or another. Much is the pity, because when it is good, it is very good. Such is the case with Cake Wines YWMS Shiraz 2011.
In case you weren’t aware, YWMS stands for Young Winemakers Series. Each year, Cake Wines invite a young winemaker to oversee the production of a wine to be released under the Cake label. This release, from the 2011 vintage, was the first in the series.
Organic, preservative free (no sulphur dioxide at all here) and sealed under DIAM, there are leanings toward the natural wine movement with this wine. For those of a conventional disposition, fear not, as the wine is clean and bright, delivering a lovely mixture of elegant fruit, suggestions of earth and undergrowth. More please!
2011 CAKE WINES YWMS SHIRAZ
Producer: Cake Wines
Variety: Syrah/Shiraz
Region: Hunter Valley, New Sourth Wales
ABV: 14.0%
Closure: Diam
Retail Price: $30.00
Date tasted: 24 June 2016
Tasting Note:
Bright ruby. Attractive and interesting nose – initially very earthbound. Peppery, meaty and gamey with notes of dried foliage. On the palate, medium in body, elegant and suave, almost Pinot Noir-like in texture. Polished, fine and quite delicious – lots to like here.
Score: 17/20
In case you weren’t aware, YWMS stands for Young Winemakers Series. Each year, Cake Wines invite a young winemaker to oversee the production of a wine to be released under the Cake label. This release, from the 2011 vintage, was the first in the series.
Organic, preservative free (no sulphur dioxide at all here) and sealed under DIAM, there are leanings toward the natural wine movement with this wine. For those of a conventional disposition, fear not, as the wine is clean and bright, delivering a lovely mixture of elegant fruit, suggestions of earth and undergrowth. More please!
2011 CAKE WINES YWMS SHIRAZProducer: Cake Wines
Variety: Syrah/Shiraz
Region: Hunter Valley, New Sourth Wales
ABV: 14.0%
Closure: Diam
Retail Price: $30.00
Date tasted: 24 June 2016
Tasting Note:
Bright ruby. Attractive and interesting nose – initially very earthbound. Peppery, meaty and gamey with notes of dried foliage. On the palate, medium in body, elegant and suave, almost Pinot Noir-like in texture. Polished, fine and quite delicious – lots to like here.
Score: 17/20
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