Castillo de Molina Shiraz Reserva 2005

Variety: Shiraz
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Curicó Valley
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: deep red
Bouquet: forest fruit, blackberries, blueberries, hint of smoke and toast
Taste: full body, lots of fruit with black chocolate, and spices, ripe black sour cherries, blackberries, blueberries, very good acidity, pepper, matured tannins,  longer finish

Overall score: 4+8+12+7+7=88
Price: circa CZK 250
Stopper: single piece cork

Powerful Shiraz with lots of everything at perfect bottle maturity. Forest fruit is nicely accompanied by black chocolate and perfect spiciness. Castillo de Molina Reserva row never disappoints.