Dowie Doole Shiraz

[Auburnwine]

On a recent trip to DC, I picked up a bottle of Dowie Doole Shiraz, a label with which I am not familiar.

I've found very little info on this wine.

Any information?

[Drew]

Here's all I could find...

Dowie Doole
182 Main Rd., McLaren Vale, SA 5171
Phone: (61) 8 8323 8100 Fax: (61) 8 8323 0100

http://www.biziworks.com.au/biziworks/BiziGen?ownerID=VOLBASE&docID=34

Drew

[vinman]

Not sure if this helps, but...

The 1999 Dowie Doole Shiraz,smartly packaged,is kinda hard to find in these parts. But, I belive from a trip a few years ago a guy named Leigh Gilligan (not the island I hope) was somehow involved in marketing these very decent reds. The '99 is thick, deep purple, comes off with off-dry fruit, kinda tannic, yet with a great finish. A friend says the Cab is good too. Oops, just checked! have a '96 Chenin Blanc in the basement. No clue about the wine.

[vinman]

Not sure if this helps, but...

The 1999 Dowie Doole Shiraz,smartly packaged,is kinda hard to find in these parts. But, I belive from a trip a few years ago a guy named Leigh Gilligan (not the island I hope) was somehow involved in marketing these very decent reds. The '99 is thick, deep purple, comes off with off-dry fruit, kinda tannic, yet with a great finish. A friend says the Cab is good too. Oops, just checked! have a '96 Chenin Blanc in the basement. No clue about the wine.

[Auburnwine]

We drank this on Friday evening. It was outstanding -- soft and warm and filled with fruit. There was a long, lovely finish. It was a very substantial wine.

I don't know where Dowie Doole distributes (I found only the one bottle in DC), but if this Shiraz is any indication, I would suggest that you keep your eyes open for this wine and this label.

[Bucko]

You gotta luv the name.....

[winoweenie]

Would REALLY be great if they were distributing fertilizer. WW [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

[Auburnwine]

And Penfolds are places where fat people keep their writing instruments?

Let's not even contemplate word games with "Peter Lehmann"!