Moderate wood influence sets off notably ripe liqueur-like aromas of cassis

and a welcome

full-bore beauty will need 2-3 years to really shine

medium-bodied flavors manage to be at once generous yet refined

Pretty sweet but also piquant

Kalleske, Shiraz Eduard Old Vines Vintage:2008 Moderate wood influence sets offThe 2008 Edward Shiraz has a very deep garnet purple color and quite a lot of cedar on the nose over notes of coffee beans, kirsch, blackberry preserves, licorice and loam. Very crisp in the mouth with a medium firm level grainy tannins, this is an opulent, generously fleshed style with a long finish that still shows the oak. Still very tight and youthful, give this wine another 2 years for the oak to marry and drink it 2013 to 2019+. No known USA