91
points
Jean Taillefert 2002 Shiraz (Paarl)
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$68
Soundly built, this wine has heavenly aromas of dark berry, forest floor and an overlay of oak that keeps evolving in the glass. Full-bodied but lithe, the wine dances on the tongue with cinnamon, smoke, leather, and a dark core of fruit which balances the smooth tannin and firm acidity. Exiting the stage with lasting traces of smoke, leather and coffee, this wine…
— M.D.
(5/1/2006)