And quickly, even if it is 'arf-a-pint o' water green - anything would taste better than this, the first wine that I have ever had from India.
A gift from Vinomaker's friend, Sky King, this bottle of Sula Vineyards 2008 Shiraz (hailing from the red hills of Nashik) was extraordinary, but not in a good way. I have to admit that the nose was very fruity, but the fruit proved to be rather unidentifiable which is always a bad starting point when tasting a wine. On the palate this wine was borderline undrinkable, it was almost like there was ground up, charred-wood in the mix and I just couldn't get past that. Laughably, maybe, the label on the back of the bottle describes the wine as having "nuances of oak".
Would some people find this wine palatable? Of course. Just as some dogs like to quaff out of toilet bowls, conceivably somebody might find this wine drinkable - everyone's tastes are different. But this wine is most definitely flawed. I sometimes wonder why wineries would bother to bottle something this undrinkable in the first place. Perhaps it is simply a bad bottle, but I don't think so. Vintage is not even an issue: I can't see this wine as having been any better right out of the barrel, and it certainly is not going to improve with age.
The back label also states that the wine is 'For Overseas Export Only'. Aren't we lucky?
Would some people find this wine palatable? Of course. Just as some dogs like to quaff out of toilet bowls, conceivably somebody might find this wine drinkable - everyone's tastes are different. But this wine is most definitely flawed. I sometimes wonder why wineries would bother to bottle something this undrinkable in the first place. Perhaps it is simply a bad bottle, but I don't think so. Vintage is not even an issue: I can't see this wine as having been any better right out of the barrel, and it certainly is not going to improve with age.
The back label also states that the wine is 'For Overseas Export Only'. Aren't we lucky?
