This was slipped into a large blind
tasting twice, and twice I marked it as one of the top wines.
Barwang is a part of the McWilliams stable of wines. Big tannins,
but an inky blueberry, burnt molases and leathery tones, with a good
vanilla backbone. Worth tracking down.
Really? $8.95? This is the sort of wine which has cemented Australia
as a place for unbelievable value at a stupidly cheap price, and why we blind
taste. Quite often wines made in this quantity are bottled at
different stages, but this was bought - not sent to me - and put in
a line up with some very expensive Cabs from all over the world. 6
out of 30 judges gave it a gold, 2/3rds gave it a medal. Brown bag
it and pour it for your wine snob friends, and watch them choke on
their Grande Cru Claret.
