Monday, August 22, 2016

2015 Philip Shaw Orange Pink Billy Saignée


The 2015 Philip Shaw Orange Pink Billy Saignée has a beautifully simple label in textured white paper with a pink 'Billy' in running writing. (Unfortunately there's a naked woman on the back, something like old French nudes – but not enough like them!) The label does not name the grape/s (which is annoying), except for 'the use of our best red', but the website info is that Shiraz and Merlot predominate, with small amounts of Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, coming from the Koolmooloo vineyard with an altitude above 900 m. It's tomato in colour, tinged by orange bronze. Orange is in the perfume, with cinnamon, and ending in strawberry. Very Marella jube in flavour. Not necessarily a great Rosé that'd I'd look out for again.

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