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Fonthill 1999 Silk Shiraz (McLaren Vale)
- Editors' Choice
- $23
This McLaren Vale beauty has sturdy, ripe blackberry and plum fruit and big, chewy tannins, with both fruit and tannins lingering on the finish. Not one you’d ever call a jamball, or a fruit bomb—it’s just pure, delicious, focused goodness. Aromas of anise, summer berries, earth and eucalyptus are fabulous as well—but with what you get on the palate, they just feel…
— D.T.
(12/31/2003)
Fonthill 2001 Silk Shiraz (McLaren Vale)
- $32
Big fruit and wide-reaching eucalyptus aromas waft from the nose, while on the palate, blackberry and plum fruit flavors take on accents of bramble or fireplace. Dark but elegant; approachable now through 2008.
— D.T.
(5/1/2004)
Fonthill 2002 Dust of Ages Grenache (McLaren Vale)
- $30
A pretty wine with black cherry fruit at the core, but with toasty oak ruling the roost. There’s a lot of black pepper, chile pepper and spice here, particularly for a Grenache. Could easily stand up to steak.
— D.T.
(5/1/2004)
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