I still don’t see the word Dynamic anywhere on the bottle of this Taltarni Dynamic Shiraz Viognier 2020. Maybe it’s an internal thing? Anyway, this is ripe Pyrenees red in a lush style. Feels every bit of its 14.5% alcohol with slick purple fruit, in an ultra-smooth and chocolatey flow. It’s just a bit sticky in that hit of richness, though – like chocolate filled with caramel. That silken palate is going to win lots of friends though. The more you look, the warmer it gets, but it’s unquestionably long, hence the silver medal score. Best drinking: over the next five years. It will live, but the alcohol might well take over. 17/20, 90/100. 14.5%, $28. Taltarni website. Would I buy it? No.
About me – Andrew Graham
At 18, I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, slogging through physics and chemistry, so a liquor shop seemed like fun. But then, I fell in love with wine and craft beer, and it took over my life.
Twenty three years later and I spend my days wearing many beverage hats and judge at wine shows around the world...Read more
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