Fox Creek, JSM other_regions_australia A gorgeously fresh nose of

A gorgeously fresh nose of highly complex red and black pinot fruit that is liberally laced with wet stone

even crystalline flavors that brim with an almost pungent minerality on the powerful

Bright ruby

concentrated and powerful larger-scaled flavors coat the palate with sappy dry extract that also buffers the moderately firm tannic spine shaping the balanced

the 2004 should drink well for at least a few years

Fox Creek, JSM other_regions_australia A gorgeously fresh nose ofThe largest production of any Fox Creek wine is their 9,500 cases of JSM. The 1999 JSM (a blend of 68% Shiraz, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 12% Cabernet Sauvignon, aged 12 14 months in one to three year old American oak casks) has an opaque ruby purple color and an intense nose of black cherries and cassis, with noteworthy coffee, vanillin character in the background. In the mouth, this medium to full bodied, soft wine introduces some blue and blackberry