Pillar Box Red is a new favorite inexpensive wine.
A delicious Cab, Shiraz, Merlot blend from Australia that can be had for less than $10.00 a bottle.
Parker gave it a 90.
Wonder where the name came from?
If you've visited the United Kingdom you've no doubt seen the ubiquitous, quirky and eclectic mailboxes they call Pillar Boxes.
They come in all shapes and sizes. There are web sites devoted to them.
Like North Country Post Boxes and Victorian Pillar Boxes or Wikipedia.
The color Pillar Box Red is found in many places as well. It is used on phone boxes,
Our lovely model here is sporting Pillar Box Red hair. And lipstick no doubt.
But on to the wine.
2004 Pillar Box Red Padthaway
Review by Robert Parker Wine Advocate #161 (Oct 2005)
Rating: 90 points
Drink 2005-2008
A fabulous value, this 20,000 case blend, assembled by renowned Barossa winemaker Chris Ringland, is composed of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Shiraz, and 11% Merlot, primarily from young vines. Ringland has rarely worked with such huge quantities, but he kept the wine in tank with a little exposure to American and French oak, bottled it unfined and unfiltered, and finished it with a screw cap. It boasts luscious black currant fruit intermixed with smoke, herbs, and cedar. Richly fruity, opulent, and medium to full-bodied, it is one of the great wine bargains of the world. Consume it over the next 2-3 years.
I found mine at Amanti Vino but it is available at other stores as well.
By the way, if you dig the hair color, check out www.manicpanic.com. Where you can order Pillar Box Red.
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