RKS 2023 Wine: Rocky Gully from The Frankland River in Western Australia: Flinstonish Wine

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Time to try a Rocky Gully Shiraz from the Frankland River in Western Australia.

Aroma: Dense and verging on overripe black cherry and blackberry with hints of dark chocolate and toasty coconut.

Palate: Jumps over the boundary of ripe to overripe perhaps not surprising due to the 14.5% alcohol. Hey folks please no more of these overbaked and stewed wines. The fruit is lost in the alcohol. If you are trying to emulate Port….enough said. What I can pick out is cherry pie surrounded by excessive power. Perhaps a better term to describe the wine is over extracted. If there is any saving grace after aeration it softens and sweetens a bit on the finish but even then the alcohol bashes its potential personality down. Why not decant for 2 hours in a Hail Mary Eli Manning fashion!

Food Match: Brontosaurus burger Bam Bam!

Personality: Too big for my own britches.

Cellarbility: If you are going to bother consuming do so by the end of 2025.

Price: $17.95 CDN (Ontario).

RKS 2023 Wine Rating: 79/100. Jamessuckling.com 92.

(Rocky Gully 2019 Shiraz, Frankland River, Western Australia, Frankland Estate Wines, Frankland River, Western Australia, 750 mL.).

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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