Three Blocks Shiraz by Nico Vermeulen 2009

More and more I'm realising that young Shiraz can be great. Is two years young? Can great red wine be designed to be drunk young, without being Beaujolais? Perhaps this here is one of those medium wines, that's still good now because it's at its prime, and doesn't need to get any better, or wouldn't. Shiraz seems to be extremely popular and I've drunk a lot of different versions; those which are younger are lighter and fruitier but so far by no means less good. However, I've not had a seriously good aged Shiraz in a while to compare. Opinions on ageing wines seem to vary a lot, but mostly agree that on average more wines are drunk too young than too old. This is probably because most people don't have a cellar, any patience, don't care, can't remember when they bought them, got drunk and had the bottle anyway, left it somewhere silly and their [insert applicable thief] had it, thought it was a good idea to make sangria out of it even though it cost £15 in the first place, sold it to someone in exchange for a rubbish pair of binoculars, made it into gravy, or had no idea it was too young anyway. Almost certainly universally the latter. I've also decided to make my blog much more exciting by varying the colours, as you will have noticed by the exciting dull grey I have used for this post. Expect more of the same madness in future.