Westend Estate Barrel Bandit Shiraz Durif 2014
Riverina
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Bill Calabria at Westend Estate makes terrific wine with real intensity of flavour thanks to his insistence on using low yield, concentrated grapes. You’ll notice the power when you have a glass of Barrel Bandit, packed with juicy fruit and spice.
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Wine Details
- Red - Full Bodied
Australia- Deep red
- Shiraz-based blend
- 10.5 Units
- 14% ABV
- 750 ml
- 31 December 2018
Flavour Profile
Tasting notes
Intense fleshy palate, rich spicy fruit, firm balanced structure
Aroma
Classic black plum, bramble and eucalyptus scents
The Wine
Shiraz may be Australia’s flagship red variety but the much rarer Durif enjoys a cult following among lovers of impossibly dark and delicious wines. Put the two together and you have The Barrel Bandit. But what of the name? Popular winemaker Bill Callabria explains. “It was the 1960s when the ‘Barrel Bandit’ first appeared at Westend Estate. My dad Francesco couldn’t understand why barrels were disappearing from his cellar, until he caught me red handed. He was none too happy, but after tasting the wine I’d been making on the quiet, he was dead impressed and I never looked back.” Five decades on, Bill’s still making wonderful blends like this intense, fleshy, rich and spicy beauty, the perfect accompaniment to hearty red meat dishes.
"Wonderful inky black colour with some spicy notes and a very smooth aftertaste"
Online Review for 2012
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