'08 Pillar Box Red

[Innkeeper]

2008 Henry’s Drive, Pillar Box Red, Padthaway Australia ($9.99): Alcohol level: 14.5%/ This is a rustic blend of Shiraz 66%, Cabernet Sauvignon 25%, and Merlot 9%. It was chock full of sediment. First I exchanged it between bottle and decanter a few times, washing out each vessel each time. Then I ran it through a decanter strainer. It still tasted a little too rustic. So I ran it through a 2 cup unbleached coffee filter. That did the trick; and I will start there with the second bottle in the cellar.

It turned out to be the perfect matched for broiled kielbasa with mustard and horseradish; along with some rustic succotash. Yum, yum for a rustic supper!

It came with a screwtop.