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Tipping’s Tipples: Wine of the Week – an irresistible Aussie

19 Sep, 2015 by Mike Tipping

Truly Irresistible Mount Benson Shiraz

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Truly Irresistible Mount Benson Shiraz 2013

There was a time when you could nip down to the supermarket and grab a bottle of drinkable Aussie shiraz and get change from a fiver. Sadly, those days are gone unless you hunt around and perhaps pay a little more.

I don’t think many affordable Aussie reds taste like they used to do. I remember them as big, spicy and a tad sweeter than their stuffy Old World counterparts with unpronounceable names.

£6.99 at the Co-op

17/20

Such vinous bargains had their uses, especially at barbecue time paired with a well-garnished burger, bread bun and chips.

All hope is not lost however as the Co-op stocks an Aussie red under its own label, Truly Irresistible Mount Benson Shiraz 2013, and gives its wicket away cheaply at £6.99.

Bold and peppery, its sweet-edged blueberry and bramble fruit mingles nicely with hints of vanilla oak.


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