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Charles Shaw 2007 Shiraz

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2007

Avg. Rating: 80.0/100 (2 Reviews)
Winery: Charles Shaw
Vintage: 2007
Varietal: Shiraz
Country: United States
Region: California
Retail Price: $ 3 USD
Created by: wily
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Charles Shaw 2007 Shiraz
(2 months ago) buddy icon wily 75.0/100
CS is such weird wine - one bottle is good, another is wretched, another is ok, another is amazing...whatever. THIS bottle is OK. O.K. As in, "$3 Drinkable." Bouquet is flat, but that's alright - Shiraz's don't usually make the nose go "Yum!" But I do detect a bit of "shoe." Nice shoe - like, Florsheims. New, good, solid shoe. Dang. First notes are bright and sparkly, like a Chianti, but then the secondary notes of WHITE WINE come out, followed by those typically white-wine flats that kinda settle in the nose...you know. ..this tastes like a boxed White Wine with tannins. Oh well. Finish is pretty good - full, like a Shiraz should. All in all, I'd say this is picnic wine. The people who dis Charles Shaw as plonk are snobs who, if there ever is a Nuclear Winter or some other catastrophe, will wither away like the unrealistic weenies they are - if you're on a budget, have to buy a case of wine for the company Hot Dog roast, CS 2007 Shiraz will be just fine. However, if you're picking a wine to go with a great Fillet and best friends, CS 2007 Shiraz will get you a little grief and no one will ask to refill their glass. But they'll finish the glass nonetheless and give you those knowing looks of, "Dude...why'd you get get THIS?!"

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Charles Shaw 2007 Shiraz
(6 days ago) buddy icon bjwdad 85.0/100
Decent amount of fruit in the nose, with tannin and a hint of anise & pepper; maybe a little wood. Plenty of fruit & tannin in the taste, which is nicely balanced overall. It took some breathing time, but it's better than a couple previous years I can remember. Certainly worth the price!

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