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Butterfield Station 2005 Shiraz (California)

Shiraz · Butterfield Station

California

Quality

A 0–100 expert rating: 80–84 good, 85–89 very good, 90–94 excellent, 95–100 classic. Higher means a more highly regarded wine.

81/100Good

Pretty ordinary stuff, a tannic wine with sharp, jammy berry-cherry flavors and a fast, hard finish.

Flavor profile

An estimate of the wine's structure: body (how full it feels), acidity (tartness), sweetness, and tannin (the drying grip in reds).

Body85%

Acidity48%

Sweetness18%

Tannin87%

cherrytannic

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