- Region: Australia
- Winery: Mollydooker
- Type: Red Wine
- Variety: Shiraz
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Velvet Glove 2006
Region: Australia
Winery: Mollydooker
Variety: Shiraz
The 2006 Shiraz “The Velvet Glove” has an awesome nose bordering on ethereal. Aromas of smoke, violets, grilled meat, game, saddle leather, blueberry and chocolate leap from the glass. This full-bodied wine is packed and dense, layered with ripe black fruits, has superb delineation, great focus, and a super-long finish. It is still tightly wound and will benefit from a decade in the cellar. This hedonistic behemoth will drink well through 2040.
Mollydooker (the Australian equivalent of “Southpaw”– both Sparky and Sarah Marquis are left-handed) is the label of the renowned winemaking team of Sparky and Sarah Marquis. This is their second vintage following the schism with The Grateful Palate and the end of their involvement in the hugely successful Marquis Philips project. Total case production is 72,000, down from the 120,000 cases produced under the Marquis Philips label. They have also set up their own importing company in the United States.
Posted by JohnJPesce on August 15th, 2008 at 8:11pm | report comment