Jackson Triggs Grand Reserve Shiraz 2004

I have a very limited amount of these bottles left in the cellar and I was starting to wonder if they would still be drinkable and how they were aging. So this morning I opened one, it is amazing that the color of this wine is still as bright as it was five years ago when I first got it. The nose has changed a lot over the last five years what was field berries and pepper has given way to richer fruit slight tobacco and leathery notes with just a hint of pepper. The first thing you notice on the palate is how soft this wine has become, there is however still plenty of grippy tanin to make you think that further aging will not hurt this wine. If you have a few bottles of this in your cellar hold onto them for a while longer they will be great for impressing your friends.

I've included the original press release or I should say part of it from when this wine won the Rosemount estate trophy. I feel a special affinity for these wines as I've had the privilege of standing in this vineyard  looking at the grapes growing and talking to the viticulturist and the winemaker about these plantings the terroir, the region, the amount of sunshine these grapes get, and even how to water them. If you ever get the chance the great estates tour will give you a new appreciation for the attention to detail that starts in the dirt and ends in the bottle.

NEWS RELEASE  For immediate use
JACKSON-TRIGGS SHIRAZ NAMED WORLD’S BEST IN GROUNDBREAKING FIRST
Mississauga, Ontario (July 27, 2006) … In an international first, a North American wine was awarded
the Rosemount Estate Trophy for Best Shiraz/ Syrah at the International Wine and Spirits Competition
(I.W.S.C.) in London, England. The Jackson-Triggs  Okanagan Estate Proprietors’ Grand Reserve
Shiraz 2004 was chosen as the world’s best from a group that included wines from Australia and South
Africa, nations that have traditionally dominated the Shiraz/ Syrah category.  The trophy is historic in
that it is the first ever to be awarded at the I.W.S.C. to a Canadian red wine. Previous winners of the
Rosemount Estate Shiraz/ Syrah trophy include such  prestigious wines as the Wolf Blass Platinum
Label Shiraz, the Leasingham Classic Clare Shiraz and the Eileen Hardy Shiraz. In addition to this
groundbreaking first, the Jackson-Triggs Winery was also short-listed for the Canadian Producer of
the Year Trophy, (to be awarded later this year) which it has won four times since 1999.