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Monsters!!!!!!!

Monsters!!!!!! Huge Teeth Staining Monsters!!!!!

Some wines are like love notes, delivered from across the seas, others like post-it notes on the fridge- still others are like like gruesome horror films, powerful in their ability to hold our attention, yet monstrous in conception, overwhelming and bloody.  We at The UnCorker were struck this week by the similarity of two wholly disparate wines that, like a horror film, repelled and held us bound in equal measure. Like a Hollywood film, these wines have glossy production values, lots of style and no substance.

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2006 Boarding Pass Shiraz

Sometimes we’re just in the mood for something with tons of flavor - even if it is one dimensional.  This is TV-night wine.  A touch of cedar, and slightly overripe black and red fruit on the nose…. resolves to big dark purply plums that pleasantly linger.  Soft and approachable, it seems to rely on its high alcohol (15.7%) to simulate balance.  Googling around a bit reveals that this wine is well marketed and has a controlled image, which isn’t surprising given its theatrical branding and label design… but we weren’t picking up much in the way of the nuanced flavor profiles that exist in the official tasting notes from the winery.  All in all, count us in … hey, under 20 bucks (barely!) gets you into a big concentrated wine that’s satisfying and tasty even if it’s not particularly stimulating to the intellect.  Sort of like an episode of Lost.  100% Shiraz from The Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale.