ROCLAND - BAROSSA VALLEY SHIRAZ 2010

Date 31/01/2012
Time 15:36 -
Food None
Brand Rocland - Duck Duck Goose
Grape Shiraz
Year 2010
Price NZ$22.95

This red is a mistress that has me coming back for more, I've guzzled cases of the stuff, ridiculous amounts.

I've aerated this too with me Vinturi Aerator that fits neatly in to my big "air-to-wine-surface-ratio" decanter.

This red is truly an all rounder, especially for those who do not drink red very often or at all. I don't think I've ever eaten with this either, actually, I might have had some fish and chips with a bottle once. Yummy!!!!!!!

But why so many bottles one ponders?

Well, it is not one of those reds where you feel like you have a mouth full of blood and sawdust, as in, shit sticks to the inside of your mouth and fucking stays there.

It goes down smoothly.

It also doesn't give you that watery gag reflex you get with the after taste of some Syrahs'. Yucky Syrahs'!

Also the drunk is good and it is very easy to tap out two bottles and attempt the third on empty as guts.

Definitely a favourite and at 14.5% ticks ya nipps.

PENFOLDS - KOONUNGA HILL SHIRAZ 2009

Date 30/01/2012
Time 18:30 -
Food None
Brand Penfolds - Koonunga Hill
Grape Shiraz
Year 2009
Price NZ$14.95

On hindsight, food would have been a nice option with this red, I did not aerate or decanter this and pretty much took it out of the black plastic bag as soon as I got home and was ready to devour it.

But no.

We're civilised.

I watched the Richard Dawkins documentary "The root of all evil", and whilst an atheist debated with arrogance towards Christians, Muslims and Jews, about the unfounded factual nature of their unproven beliefs, my belief in the Shiraz was starting to germinate.

Scene change, location change, scene change, location change, then... a picture of Jesus, that was the sign. Cheers mate.

Drank this beauty over a couple of hours and half a packet of cigarettes. Interlaced with Facebook updates and watching YouTube music vids. Completely relaxed in my arm chair I welcomed oblivion and woke up the next morning with a sore neck.

This weeks goal is a bottle of the Wolfblass BLACK label.