2003 Aramis Vineyards The Governor Shiraz McLaren Vale

Inky purple. Sexy aromas of blackberry, boysenberry, violet and vanilla custard, complicated by spicy oak. There's big-time oak going on, but also plenty of ripe, luscious dark berry fruit that verges on liqueur-like. Fat, broad and sweet on the finish, the oak spice coming up strong. There's clearly great material and sex appeal here, and the oak is plenty suave, but I'd love to see it ratcheted down a notch.