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TN: Best’s Great Western Bin No.0 Shiraz 2000
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 10:43 am
by Phil Wilkins
At last a mature Best’s & bought at a decent price. Full of smouldering embers of spicy fruit on the nose, all as sleek as a Bently engine. Intense red fruits with oodles of charm follow in this special creation. All charm, harmony & more than a touch mesmerising elegance. Nicely mellow now with still cleansing acidity. 20 quid (AU$35) well spent. 14%vol. 91pts
Re: TN: Best’s Great Western Bin No.0 Shiraz 2000
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 7:56 pm
by bob parsons
Phil, I am surprised your wine did not garner more comment here. You had a healthy response on the UK board.
I no longer post TNs here as there seems little interest in what I have to say. Pity.
Re: TN: Best’s Great Western Bin No.0 Shiraz 2000
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:24 pm
by griff
bob parsons wrote:Phil, I am surprised your wine did not garner more comment here. You had a healthy response on the UK board.
I no longer post TNs here as there seems little interest in what I have to say. Pity.
Indeed. I'm glad everyone doesn't feel as you do. Posting tasting notes isn't necessarily a thankful task but more a public good. Think of all those on cellartracker posting notes without reply. I hope you revisit your decision.
And Phil, for some reason Bests is off the radar at present so I haven't anything to contribute other than perhaps it is time to revisit.
cheers
Carl
Re: TN: Best’s Great Western Bin No.0 Shiraz 2000
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:25 pm
by cuttlefish
lol. I take it as a given that every Bests red wine they release is going to drink well with a little age on it. I'm a fan.
Their prices have risen somewhat in the last 5 years, but perhaps even now don't match what they're worth.
Re: TN: Best’s Great Western Bin No.0 Shiraz 2000
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:40 am
by Phil Wilkins
A tasting note that garners many replies, or not, flummoxes me. I never know from day to day which type or style will attract discussion & why. Best's has always seemed like a rare beast for notes on wine bulletin boards which is the reason I posted here. I'll post about a French Chateauneuf here next...
Re: TN: Best’s Great Western Bin No.0 Shiraz 2000
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 2:36 pm
by cuttlefish
I tasted a bunch of Bin 0 wines prior to the 2000 vintage that I reported on here a few years back...
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6506&p=46450&hilit=Clayfield+Bin+0#p46450What a great tasting that was !
Re: TN: Best’s Great Western Bin No.0 Shiraz 2000
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:16 pm
by Michael McNally
We had the 2003 Bin '0' at a recent offline here and it was Excellent. Silky and voluptuous. Keep it up with the notes Phil!!!