Yellow Tail Shiraz

[lizardbrains]

I received a bottle of Yellow Tail Shiraz as a birthday gift from a friend (along with other wines - all of which I was familiar with, except this one).

I had the Shiraz at dinner tonight, with some jumbalaya (call me crazy!).

I was clueless as to what Shiraz was, and since it was called "yellow", I mistakingly assumed it was white! But upon reading the bottle, I realized it's red - so I figured since it's my only bottle of wine left in the house (gasp!), I might as well have it with my jumbalaya tonight! I'm so glad I did!

The spiceyness (ugh, I'm sure I spelled that wrong) of the jumbalaya was just barely complemented by the wine. I wouldn't have wanted to go any spicier - or it would've been too much. My first drink I said "That's a strong wine!" I think that it was so full of flavor, that my immature tongue was overloaded. I enjoyed it though. The bottle talks of "vanilla oak" - though I could taste some wood (not too much at all!), I didn't taste vanilla. But like I said, my wine-tasting is quite immature as of yet.

I'd be interested in hearing what you guys think of it... I saw probably 3 posts regarding different people buying this wine!

-Elizabeth