Salena Organic Shiraz 2006

"Simply Organic"

Nansia came home and announced loudly -"I'm cooking!"

So I stayed out of the kitchen and looked after the drinking department instead. I decided on something unusal - an organic wine!

Well, we enjoyed it accompanying Nansia's mildly spiced hokkien noodles with fish cakes and bok-choy.

Don't be confused by the picture. Yes, the bottle is clear (as well as being empty!), adorned by a very simple label, dominated by the winery's logo of a pelican in flight.
We tried this wine at both room temperature and chilled. We preferred chilled. Although this wine is 14% alcohol, it is a lighter style, due to a combination of organic viticulture (how the grapes were grown), and the wine making approach. The wine is lightly oaked, is very dry with subtle tannins and flavours of mulberry, white pepper, morello cherries and marzipan.

Now, this is not a wine to be analysed, it is just a good quaffer for lazy summer time lunches.

It is from Riverland district of South Australia, approximately about AUD15.00 retail. Chilled, it makes a good alternative to Rose.