Reserve Reds
2006 Reserve Shiraz
Appellation: VQA St. David’s Bench (appellation information)
Varietal Composition: 100% Shiraz
Bottled: September 8th, 2008. 115 cases.
Drinkability: Drink or Hold (as of Aug 09)
Blind flight tastings of 2006 vintage Shiraz for Broken Press selection left the reserve stores from our St. David’s Bench vineyard clearly divided along stylistic lines. On one side sat restrained, elegant, Viognier-infused French oak barrels and on the other sat their black sheep siblings: a quintet of gregarious, brawny new American oak barrels.
A 2006 Reserve Shiraz wasn’t in the plan, but these five barrels made too strong a case to ignore. The opportunity to offer contrasting expressions of the same vineyard, and to demonstrate the influence of oak selection on flavour profile was simply too good to pass up.
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Recipes
Don't see your favourite food pairing for our 2006 Reserve Shiraz? Suggest your own recipes in the comments below!
After serving this soup on the deck for Wrapped in the Valley, we were inundated by calls and emails from visitors eager to try it at home. Many thanks to J. Mark Hand from Hospitality on Hand for providing his secret recipe.
Need something new and exciting to spruce up your meat, potato, vegetable routine? Grill veggies on the newly resurrected barbecue, keep the garlic mash flowing, and slide in some crispy duck for a change of protein pace. Although duck seems to have developed a reputation as an aloof special occasion meat, this is one preparation [...]
2006
89 Pts. — 2006 Reserve Shiraz
Matthew Sullivan, Wine Tidings, April 2009.
This is another excellent wine…Creekside gets such great results from its premium Syrah partly because the vines grow on St. David’s Bench, which is perhaps the best heated of Niagara’s sub-appellations. Twiggy, chocolatey and tannic, this Syrah is marked out by its superior texture. Needs some age.
92 Pts. — 2006 Broken Press Shiraz
John Szabo, Wine Align Ontario Wine Report 2009
Really fine, elegant, exotically spiced shiraz, with some North African influence, earthy but not dirty. The palate has some dried red currant and white pepper flavours and light but firm tannins, vibrant acidity and precisely
etched flavour profile. Long finish. Needs another 3-5 years to come around.
91 Pts. — 2006 Broken Press Shiraz
Matthew Sullivan, Wine Tidings, April 2009.
“…the best of Ontario Syrah and a dead ringer for a high-quality Northern Rhône. The similarity is no accident because the Broken Press is blended with a small amount of Viognier, after the style in Côte Rôtie. The nose has the traditional hit of wihte pepper and gunpowder. The palate is a sumptuous blend of tarragon, sage and sour cherry. Complex, well-integrated and muscular. It’s drinking well now but has blenty of aging potential.
“Remarkable”–2006 Broken Press Shiraz
David Lawrason, Winery to Home, March 2009
It’s remarkable that Creekside’s winemakers have pressed such huge flavours and extraction out of shiraz in Ontario’s soggy 2006 vintage. This is very impressive – the aromas are explosive. Huge very spicy, very peppery and full of that gunpowder character only syrah can deliver. With clove, capers and dried cherry fruit. It’s medium-full bodied, intense, sinewy and fairly tannic. Quite incredible length. Best 2009 to 2014.
4.5 Stars — 2006 Broken Press Shiraz
Christopher Waters, VINES Magazine, Dec 2008
The third vintage of Creekside’s benchmark Broken Press Shiraz is more like the delicate and aromatic 2004 debut vintage as opposed to the sinewy and intense 2005. Co-fermentation with 5 percent Viognier and French oak maturation are the hallmarks of the highly-scented Broken Press Shiraz. Even in its youth, this is an effortlessly class red wine with appealing texture, bright fruit and a long, enjoyable finish.