Wine Trio Reviews - Inaugural

Two wines were tested for our first Wine Trio Review. They are:

McLarens On The Lake Shiraz 2006. Price: $12.99
Combined Score*: 22
Comments: Good potential, but a little green. Give it six months to a year to develop, and this wine will compare to and exceed many $25 offerings from Australia. Will re-sample in a year - if the bottle lasts that long.
http://bcliquorstores.com/en/products/341404




Terra Sana Organic Syrah 2006. Price: $14.99
Combined Score: 23.5
Comments: A more balanced wine that the first, and really holds its own as a good table wine. However, like most organics in the range, the emphasis seems to be making a palatable rather than an interesting wine. Does not compare to the Organic Cono Sur.
http://bcliquorstores.com/en/products/197582

* Testing is completed as follows: Three of us rate the wine between 1 and 10, in 0.5 increments, and these three ratings are combined to form the total score. Comments are usually defined by consensus, though the author reserves the right to create new content on the off chance that too many wines are tested and some of the feedback during testing is lost.