Winery Blackburn & James - Shiraz

Winery Blackburn & James Shiraz

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Shiraz of Winery Blackburn & James is a red wine from the region of Lodi of California.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the Shiraz from the Winery Blackburn & James

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Shiraz of Winery Blackburn & James in the region of California is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

vanilla, oak

Wine with spices taste

pepper

Wine with earth taste

smoke, leather

Wine with microbio taste

cheese

On the nose the Shiraz of Winery Blackburn & James in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of cherry, caramel or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, red fruit or spices.

Details and technical informations about Winery Blackburn & James's Shiraz.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Thompson seedless

Most certainly finding its first origins in Persia, today Iran. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of table grape varieties list A1. Note that the variety gora chirine, also finding its first origins in Iran (Azerbaijan), is a mutation of the Sultanine, its berries of white or pink color being slightly larger.

Last vintages of this wine

Shiraz - 2017
In the top 100 of of Lodi wines
Average rating: 3.6 1 1 1 0.5 0
Shiraz - 2016
In the top 100 of of Lodi wines
Average rating: 4 1 1 1 1 0
Shiraz - 2015
In the top 100 of of Lodi wines
Average rating: 3.9 1 1 1 1 0
Shiraz - 2014
In the top 100 of of Lodi wines
Average rating: 3.8 1 1 1 0.5 0
Shiraz - 2013
In the top 100 of of Lodi wines
Average rating: 3.7 1 1 1 0.5 0
Shiraz - 2012
In the top 100 of of Lodi wines
Average rating: 3.5 1 1 1 0.5 0
Shiraz - 2011
In the top 100 of of Lodi wines
Average rating: 3.7 1 1 1 0.5 0

The best vintages of Shiraz from Winery Blackburn & James are 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2011.

Informations about the Winery Blackburn & James

The winery offers 5 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Lodi in the region of California

The Winery Blackburn & James is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Lodi to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine California
In the top 15000 of of United States wines
In the top 9500 of of Lodi wines
In the top 45000 of red wines
In the top 65000 wines of the world

The wine region of Lodi

The wine region of Lodi is located in the region of Central Valley of Central Valley of United States. We currently count 739 estates and châteaux in the of Lodi, producing 1731 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Lodi go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of California

California is the largest and most important wine region in the United States. It represents the southern two-thirds (850 miles or 1,370 kilometers) of the country's west coast. (Oregon and Washington make up the rest. ) The state also spans nearly 10 degrees of latitude.

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The word of the wine: Glycerol

Alcohol very present in wine (after ethyl alcohol) and which reinforces its unctuousness and fatty sensation.

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