This Burley Fox Limestone Coast shiraz from Southern Australia is a deep, dark red with a bold nose of pepper and bing cherries. The taste is berries and chocolate — so delicious. The finish is long and rich with a lingering hint of oak and vanilla. This wine will be perfect with our steak dinner. I would rate this as excellent!
This Burley Fox shiraz is a nice, rich shiraz, with a big fruity, tannic bouquet; not super peppery but still spicy; milder than some shirazs. Fruit forward, but not the caricature of overfruitiness that some Australian wines are susceptible to. Some tastes of cherry and of vanilla. A tasty, fun wine.
By the way, it’s summertime now in Michigan and one sign of summer is that Trigger follows the early-morning sun from step to step on our stairway.
October 18, 2007 at 5:55 pm
I’ll tell you what, have you ever tried Clos Du Bois’s Shiraz (2004, I think). I picked up a bottle for Christmas 2 years ago, and after my first taste, did not want to share it with anyone else!! But tis the season for sharing. And at 8 or 9 bucks a pop, it was one of the smoothest wines I’ve ever drank!
October 18, 2007 at 6:18 pm
Hi Jeff, Yes, we have had a Clos Du Bois Shiraz. We agree with your assessment (except WE were willing to SHARE ours – haha!)! It is a velvety smooth shiraz. Your note reminds us to get this one again. We shall!
January 18, 2009 at 2:22 pm
I am a big fan of Burley Fox Shiraz after just one bottle.
I just found your blog by accident on the web today. Love it!
Sherry
January 18, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Sherry, thank you so much for your lovely comment. It is comments such as yours that motivates me to continue the blog. I hope you will visit often!
December 1, 2009 at 6:24 pm
I rec’d this Shiraz as part of a wine club package. I was really expecting to get sub-par wines because of the $$. I LOVE this wine – I love the peppery taste was the first thing to engage my senses. I love the hint of chocolate & vanilla, sorry I don’t taste any cherries which is mightly fine by me. As a single woman – very happy to savor it alone. However there were 3 bottles in my wine club shipment – so if my family wants a taste during the holidays- they really should arrive in the next couple of weeks or miss this opportunity.
Nice blog – stummbled upon it – will visit often. Thanks
December 1, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Hey, thanks, Cheryl! We really enjoyed this Shiraz. . .we don’t have any left but I remember it being very good. I’m glad you enjoy the blog and I do hope you will visit often and share your comments.
May 26, 2012 at 8:26 pm
Where can I find this wine?!?!