Rathdowne Cellars Old Press Shiraz 2008, Langhorne Creek, ($13)

A bit a beast this wine. I was so looking to this wine, as the equivalent I bought in January was possibly my fave wine of teh year to date. I should have checked the label. January's was an '07, and this a 2008. This wine is over the top, too intense, not quite balanced. There's a jarring smell of treacle which simpy makes me think the grapes were overripe. And to think I bought three bottles of this unaware it was not the same as my January purchase Not enjoyable at all.