A majestic, award-winning Shiraz

2006 Mount Langi Ghiran The Manager's Blend Shiraz, Grampians, Victoria, Australia (£12.99, reduced to £9.74 if you buy two bottles, until 1 September, Majestic).

Power to the people is the theme for this week's wine. The Manager's Blend is a wine made at Langi Ghiran. It's sourced from parcels of Shiraz from their famous Cliff Edge Vineyard. Eighteen months ago, six Majestic Wine managers visited Langi and they were set a challenge to blend their own wine from a load of barrel samples. After many hours spent tasting in the cellar and then fiddling around in the lab, a bloke called Gavin Peterson was judged the winning blender. Dan Buckle and his winemaking team at the winery were so impressed that they decided to produce a limited edition of 600 cases of this wine exclusively for Majestic to sell.

It's a good wine, too. You will sense the pepperiness and brightness of Shiraz fruit associated with this terrific cool climate' region. Compare it to Dan's own wine, albeit two years older (2004 Mount Langi Ghiran Cliff Edge Shiraz, £11.99, reduced to £8.99, same terms as above) and decide for yourself whether Gavin should quit selling and start making wine. Either way he is working in the best industry in the world but I am, of course, biased.

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