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2008 First Drop Wines Shiraz Mother's Milk Barossa
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2008 First Drop Wines Shiraz Mother's Milk Barossa

Producer: First Drop Wines
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Syrah/Shiraz
Origin: Australia
Region: Barossa Valley

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89 Points | International Wine Cellar , July/August 2010

($20) Inky purple. Ripe blackberry and blueberry on the nose, with a smoky quality that expands with air. Lush dark berry compote flavors provide excellent palate coverage and show a seamless, creamy texture. Fine-grained tannins and a slightly bitter note of black pepper give welcome grip to this fruit-driven wine.

89 Points | Wine Spectator
90 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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Syrah

While the grape is currently grown throughout the world, the most elegant Syrahs still come from the Northern Rhone valley, particularly the appellations of Côte Rôtie, Cornas, and Hermitage. Here, steep, terraced vineyards help produce full-bodied, intense, tannic wines loaded with white pepper and red fruit. In the vineyard, Syrah is largely cooperative- vines are productive, but not overly vigorous. Skins are thick, helping the grape...
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