Yellow tail shiraz

Er, I'm holding back a lot of comments. I'm TRYING to be nice. :)

My impression of this is that it's very soft, some oak (chips?), ripe red fruit. Not much in the structure department. It left me with an impression of sweetness, but don't know if there's actual residual sugar, or if lack of acidity combined with ripe fruit left impression.

Not to my tastes, but a very popular wine.

Dale

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*snicker* Drink it, Mike!! As others have opined, it's a very soft, grapey red wine. I've used it for cooking before, and it would probably make a decent Sangria. If you think of a commercial Cotes du Rhone minus the acidity, you have the idea...

Mark Lipton

Hey Mark, He he he. I agree with you. Cooking wine and Sangria is about all Yellow Tail Shiraz is good for. Obviously not all of the regular posters on AFW can tell fine wine from plonk.

My wife and I are off on vacation starting Wednesday. We'll spend a couple of days in Anchorage before taking a cruise that will end up in Vancouver. A week from Friday we're meeting with Bill Spohn at one of his famous wine tasting luncheons.

It is looking obvious that my beloved Buckeyes will not be repeating as National Champs. We barely beat a lowly San Diego State last Saturday and we didn't score so much as one offensive touchdown. Maurice Clarett has turned out to be a hoodlum, defying coach Tressel and school officials at every opportunity. It is a shame that one bad apple can cast a shadow over the entire program.

Cheers, Robert Bryant(professor)

Hey Robert (AKA Professor) Nobody said it was a "fine wine".

Dick

Professor wrote:

Hi All, Yellowtail Shiraz: You love it, tolerate it, like it, despise it, hate it. We cerainly have some varied opinions. One year ago it was Banrock Station Shiraz, selling for $6.99/1.5 liter US. I don't like "plonk" any more than the other guy, but I thought Banrock Station Shiraz was pretty good. Then came Yellowtail Shiraz. It was $6.99/1.5 liter for a time and I purchased quite a few bottles. It was good for the price. Problem is, you get used to paying a certain price for a bottle of wine. When the sale promotion is done and the price goes up to $12-13 for a 1.5 liter bottle, I quit buying. Haven't had any Banrock Station (are they still in business?) or Yellowtail Shiraz for quite some time, mainly because, I'm not willing to pay $6-7 for a 750ML, when a 1.5 liter cost the same a year ago. I think the Aussies screwed up! For now, it's Hardys Shiraz in the box.

$0.02 as usual, Dick

Yes, they certainly are; while their standard range is, I think, a little overpriced here in Australia, it's decent enough quaffing wine. They also have a "Reserve" range here now, though I've not tried it.

They're owned by BRL Hardy, by the way.

Hardys does boxed red better than just about anyone.

- Anthony

Are the Yalumba Reserve 2L boxes available in US or UK? Morris Pressings ain't too bad either.... and the RenmanoPremium iv.

Regards Swooper

Haven't had any

Thats a problem many wine companies have had due to the level of competition in the market down here. Southcorp, 24%, have recently come out and said they are going to stop selling the wines at low margines because than nobody ever buys them when the prices go back to normal. Just an aside I can currently get banrock station 1 litre for 7.99

cheers

Matt

Hey, there's nothing at all wrong with Yellow Tail Shiraz. It's perfectly drinkable, and most people will enjoy it. I never did understand the snobbish aspect of wine appreciation. IMO, if you like it, then enjoy it and be thankful that you can drink it. If you'd rather get lost in overly detailed and largely subjective "tasting notes" or "complexity," then knock yourself out... Wine is meant to be enjoyed. There's no need to put down a "popular" wine unless it truly tastes bad. YT Shiraz is a very good-tasting wine in its own right, as are most of the lower priced Aussie reds.

Sorry about the Buckeyes... to tell you the truth, as an Ohio resident I'm a bit ashamed that the Bucs won the title last year while their star running back was an ineligible player. The classy thing would have been to forfeit the title to the 'Canes, as much as I dislike that team.

Just for the record. Maurice Clarett was never ruled ineligible by the NCAA for the Fiesta Bowl. Bi!!