supple and mouth coating medium-bodied flavors where the firm supporting tannins display relatively little rusticity on the sappy and delicious finish

Here's how Bollinger comments on the 2009 harvest

This is just a fantastically good villages

essence of pear and hints of spice and acacia

Brokenwood, Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz Vintage:2011 supple and mouth coating medium-bodiedThe 2011 Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz leads with a succulent nose that is redolent with raspberry pip and mulberry, sarsaparilla and pomegranate. It is pure, fine and light, with fresh red fruit on the palate as well. Perhaps it doesn't have the length and carry of some of the other vintages, but having said that, it isn't like it is descending into maturity at this point either. This is shorter and finer, but it isn't fragmenting or developing. It is a