Grant Burge Filsell Shiraz 1993 vintage

So! Nansia had a tattoo done. She admitted it was Painful with capital P, there was no if or but about it. She said no regrets, but don't think she'd ever do it again either.

I thought we should celebrate the occassion. I opened a bottle of Grant Burge Filsell Shiraz 1993 vintage from Barossa Valley, South Australia.

This wine was thoroughly enjoyable. Fifteen years on, the only regret we had was there wasn't more of it! Grant Burge states that "This wine has a character and structure to give it the longevity I required." I'm not 100% sure what he meant, but fifteen years was pretty good, and probably had another 2-4 years aging potential.

Once the wine breathed, it opened up to display flavours of rhubarb, plums, Spice, dusty oaks, black berries with fine grained tannins.

We enjoyed this wine with pork chops pan fried with spanish onions, mushroom and soy sauce.

I think current vintage probably retails around $30 (AUD). A baby brother to Meschach Shiraz which is a AUD $100 plus wine. Both have the ability to age superbly. Grant Burge Filsell is an excellent choice if you aren't in BRW's Top 200 list. ENJOY!