elfs | Wine: Ironstone Vineyards 2004 Shiraz

I haven't been wine blogging recently because I haven't been drinking. Wine is for when my life is calm and relaxed and I have an hour to sit and read and appreciate a good wine. Tonight, after a stressful week, since I had an hour, I forced myself to sit down and take a break and try a new wine.

Ironstone 2004 Shiraz.

That wine is Ironstone Vinyards 2004 Shiraz. The nose is unremarkable for a red wine, but maybe best described as a bit spicy. Initial taste is sweet with some oak, some blackberry on the wings, a finish that's not perfectly smooth but the bite is refreshing and pleasant. A good wine to pair with pasta and a deep meat sauce or a solid steak. It's an active wine; if you leave it bottled for a few days it develops a good pop when you pull the cork, and the bite is sharper so drink it quick, but it's definitely worth the $7 price tag at Trader Joe's.