Rusden, Black Guts Shiraz other_regions_italy This is a wonderfully impressive

This is a wonderfully impressive wine that has the touch of youthful austerity that Champans always seems to display

smaller zones

At this quality level the price seems too good to be true

with a long chassis of fine-grained tannins

(from young vines)

Rusden, Black Guts Shiraz other_regions_italy This is a wonderfully impressiveCoffee, dark chocolate, earth and mushroom. This has aged really well, with long, musty complexity on the palate. The fruit is dried up, but has a preserved, porty sort of power to it. This is a great vindication of how well those 'Parkerised' styles can age, in fact. Long, balanced, authentic. (RH)