Wine Review: Parker Estate Favourite Son Shiraz 2007

I picked this little fella up on the way through customs after a flight from Bangkok to Singapore recently. Pretty much a random pick from their pretty limited wine range; pick was based on label and the fact that the wine region was Wrattonbully - a place I've had good wine from before.

On the nose, black pepper, chalk and mulberry

On the palate, concentrated fruit flavours of mulberry and blackcurrant. Warm spice and integrated vanilla oak punctuate the dense licorice and molasses.

The finish is warm, spicy and long.

Intense and jammy, with a trickle of acidity, this wine could benefit from further ageing. There is a touch too much alcohol on the nose and palate for my liking and even at duty-free prices there is not enough for me to come rushing back for a second bottle.