Pillar Box Red 2005 Tasting

This little beauty comes to us again from Henry's Drive Vignerons and winemaker Chris Ringland. Ringland now makes wines under his own label in tiny quantities to much acclaim. He is also responsible for the Rockford Vineyards winemaking and consults to several other wineries in Australia (RBJ and Rockford) and Spain (Bodegas Alto Moncayo and Bodegas El Nido). The most amazing thing about this wine is the quality for the price. Very seldom will you taste a wine so rich and full of flavor for so little. By the way a Pillar Box is a British mailbox that is bright red and in the shape of a pillar...the bright red color has become known as pillar box red. Tasted over two evenings with vacuvining in between because it seemed a bit closed at first and I didn't have time to give it a proper airing out. It did improve quite a bit with sitting over night so I would suggest a bit of air before you drink it. This might change as it gets a little more bottle age.

Pillar Box Red 2005 - Very dark color with lovely aromas of plums and blackberries. The very expressive and fruit forward flavors feature blackberry, blueberry and espresso with a juicy medium length finish. Score: 90 (available at The Wine Buyer website at this link Pillar Box Red 2005 )