January 2010
 Dear Wine Club Member,
John Jens review of the 2008 Sandalford Margaret River Range appearing in the Western Suburbs Weekly on January 12, 2010
Sandalford Wines Margaret River Range Shiraz 2008
This receives 93 points out of 100 in James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion 2010 edition with the comment “crimson red; a high-quality Shiraz with bright spicy notes to it’s plum and blackberry fruit, sustained by fine, but positive tannins and integrated oak. Value. Drink to 2016.”
Australia’s wine people understand that WA produces ‘world class’ cabernets, chardonnays and sauvignon blanc Semillon blends but those same people understand that South Australian shiraz has been Australia’s finest for a long time.
Recently, and for the first time, WA shiraz has started to win prizes on the national wine show circuit and this very reasonably priced wine has taken this to a new level.
The National Wine Show is held in Canberra every November and, as befits Australia’s premier wine show, the wines must have won at least a medal in another major wine event to be allowed to compete.
The Sandalford Margaret River Shiraz 2008 has won gold medals at Cowra, Perth, Adelaide and most recently at Canberra, where it won the trophy for best 2008 Red Wine, a great win but not a lot of serious red wines are on the market and thus eligible for entry at 18 months of age.
The judges then gave it the trophy against the might of South Australia’s world-beating Shiraz for the Best Shiraz, Premium Classes.
Then, against the roll call of many of many of Australia’s greatest and most renowned cabernet Sauvignons and our ever improving pinot noirs and the like, it went on to win the trophy for Best Dry Red Table Wine of the show.
I remind you that this is a wine with a RRP of $21 and that it regularly be purchased on special at well below this.
This soft, fruit-driven, youthful, intense, dense and compact and balanced wine has hints of blueberry and anise with its varietal Shiraz flavours within its satisfying length.
Given this wine’s reviews and its four gold medals, and taking into consideration that it can be purchased on special for $16 or $17, lets assume that it would be difficult to find a better value WA shiraz.
This is among the six or eight best value and delicious under-$19 shiraz yet produced in WA and, occasionally when at $15, it is probably the State’s greatest values shiraz yet.
17.0pts and $21
We are about to roll the next vintage of this wine however before this occurs we offer our VIP Wineclub members an exclusive opportunity to purchase one of the last fifty cases of this wine available. Members can purchase at the special price of $125 per six pack plus $25 for delivery anywhere in Australia.
But please be quick – our remaining stock of the official greatest red wine in Australia will sell faster than our most sought after concert tickets!!!!
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Kind Regards,
Bec Eaton
Wine Club Manager
Cellar Door Manager
Margaret River Estate
sandalford@westnet.com.au
Ph.: 08 9755 6213 |
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