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Jul

Camp Wine

Jacob Gaffney  in Red Wines, Shiraz/Syrah

Lucky for InterWined that we had a bottle of McGuigan Hand Made Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2006 when we went camping on the cliffs between Folkstone and Dover this weekend.

Lucky, because we forgot to bring just about everything else… and had to rely on others to provide the necessities for survival. And just when everyone thought we had mooched one biscuit too many, we pulled out the bottle, a personal gift from Brain McGuigan, pulled the cork and poured.

The wine went over so well, the donations continued unabated: tents, lie-lows, cereal and milk. Rides to the store. A boat for the water. A grill for the fish. You name it.

Sweet.

McGuigan Hand Made Langhorne Creek Shiraz is an attempt to pull the jamminess out of Shiraz and ‘replace’ it with plums. The sweetness of the wine makes it approachable to campers and the high alcohol means that, with eight half glasses to pour eight adults from one bottle, it’s just enough to ease the mood and get the evening started. There is a touch of oak and a nice clean finish. This is something different to the run of the mill Australian Shiraz, so it is likely to cost between £15 to £20 once available.

But that’s a small investment, considering the returns. 9.2 points.

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