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Saldo Australia Shiraz: The $30 Wine Secret You Can Score for $9
Ever stumbled upon a $30 wine selling for just $9? That's exactly what happened with the Saldo Australia Shiraz 2021, and I couldn't wait to share this remarkable find with you.
This isn't just any discount bottle. The Saldo Australia Shiraz comes from The Prisoner Wine Company, once the passion project of Dave Phinney – the same winemaking genius behind Orin Swift. When Phinney sold The Prisoner brand to Constellation Brands for a staggering $233 million, it spoke volumes about the quality and reputation he had built. While Phinney has moved on, the exceptional standards remain, evidenced by their prestigious tasting room sitting proudly alongside Napa Valley's elite wineries.
What makes this Shiraz truly special is its pedigree. Sourcing grapes from Australia's renowned Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, and Limestone Coast regions, this wine delivers a complexity that belies its current price point. Upon opening, you're greeted with a deep, brooding character that unfolds beautifully with decanting. The flavor profile is nothing short of mesmerizing – cassis, black licorice, and dark cola notes form the foundation, while subtle hints of berry fruits and vanilla add dimension. The mouthfeel is substantial without being overwhelming, with well-integrated tannins and balanced acidity that showcase thoughtful winemaking.
Have you found yourself looking for that perfect wine to serve on cool autumn evenings when friends gather? This might be it. The Saldo Australia Shiraz offers that rare combination of accessibility and sophistication that makes wine sharing so memorable. Think of it as the liquid equivalent of a triple chocolate brownie – rich, indulgent, and utterly satisfying. Whether paired with a hearty steak or simply enjoyed on its own, this wine delivers an experience well beyond its current price tag. Check out CheapWineFinder.com for the link to this exceptional deal while it lasts, and let me know if you manage to snag some bottles for yourself!
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Hey, it's Domain Dave CheapWineFindercom, with a kind of a fun one today, a little bit different in a certain way, we got well, this isn't exactly a value price wine but it is for some reason, and actually I have a link in the CheapWineFindercom website to say it's still on and what we have today is the Saldo Australia Shiraz 2021. Is the saldo australia shiraz 2021? Saldo is one of the brands of the prisoner wine company. The prisoner was is, but at one point it was the rage. It was dave finney, who also does oran swift. This is his brand and he's a rock star winemaker and the Prisoner is this big, bold, fruit, forward but somehow impossibly balanced wine and it would sell out every year and they would have big parties for the release when it came out and then everybody would buy it and they'd have to wait a while to get it and Dave Finney sold out for like 233 million dollars to constellation brands.
Speaker 1:Constellation brands was a big player in the wine business. They recently sold off a lot of their more value price wines, um brands, but they kept the uh, the prisoner wine company with their. There's three or four brands involved with this. Dave Finney, which also did Oren Swift wines, sold Oren Swift to Ian J Gale. I don't know for how much, but he is still the winemaker at Oren Swift. He's no longer the winemaker at Saldo and the Prisoner, which is kind of one of the reasons why you don't hear about it as much, but it's still a sought after wine. It's just not the uh, you know, just not the sensation it once was. And the reason why this is in the cheap wine finder because it's a 30 list price wine at benny's in chicago it was selling for 8.99 still is. If you go to the website, there's a link and you can I mean I would have to, I mean to buy it from Benny's. You know, have it shipped. You'd have to buy enough bottles, but this is a $30 wine for nine bucks. So how is it? And the answer it is. It's big, deep and dark. This is a dark brewing Shirazaz. It is, um, they don't have a ton of technical notes on this. They tell me it's from the. It's from, uh, barossa and the Clare Valley and the Limestone Coast. So it's it. They're picking out different, um, different vineyards in Australia, but they're probably picking out pretty good ones, because Constellation Brand is a player and this is a wine that has a reputation and if you go down Route 29 in Napa Valley you will see the Prisoner Tasting Room in Napa with all the other ones, all the Opus Ones and all that, so that there I you're gonna take a sip. It's finally opening up a little bit.
Speaker 1:This is a deep, dark, dense wine. It is cassis. This is black licorice Cola, but not sweet, without sweetener, just the cola, like flat cola, but not that's kind of what I'm going for here. Maybe some strawberry or raspberry just to perk it up, maybe a touch of vanilla Faint just to give it a little sweetness. Blueberry. But it's just dark, dark wine and it's kind of got a thicker mouthfeel to it, not super thick.
Speaker 1:When I first had it I thought that this is like a fortified wine a little bit. But now that it's opening up and I had it open for for two hours before I started drinking this thing so if I were you, if you have the opportunity to decant it or run it through some kind of system that opens it up, I would do that, because once you do get it open, it's kind of an enticing wine. It has a good flavor, deep and dark, and what I was thinking about it's so of an enticing wine. It has a good flavor, deep and dark. And what I was thinking about. It's so deep and dark and it's kind of um.
Speaker 1:This fall, when it's maybe 50 outside, you got a jacket on. A couple of neighbors come over, you pop the top on a bottle and this will kind of keep you warm on a cool, cool, cool night. I'm'm gonna take another sip. Yeah, that's got. It's got good flavor, but it's just. It's just this dense, dark. If I was gonna give an analogy here, I would say this is like a triple chocolate brownie or a fudge chocolate cake. You know where you got chocolate on top of chocolate on top of chocolate. You're not really getting chocolate here. You're getting, uh, blackberry and cassis and blueberry and those kind of things, but it's dense and it's kind of um, it's kind of rich, it's kind of you know, and it's a 2021. So it's been in, uh, it's been in the. I don't know how long it was an oak, I don't know how long they it's been in the bottle, but a 220.
Speaker 1:2021 is not a current vintage for the cheap wine finder wines we usually do right now. We're probably hitting 2023 wines. So what do you got here? So for nine bucks, you got a wine well worth giving a try. It is not your typical value price wine.
Speaker 1:This is not made to be a value price. This is made to be dark and broody and this is made to be decanted. This is made to share with friends. I don't know, man, it would probably be a good steak wine. Dark and brooding, this is made to be decanted. This is made to share with friends. I don't know, it would probably be a good steak wine. I'm taking another sip. Yeah, something that would stand up to this, because this does have. It's got good tannins, it's got good acidity, it's a well made wine, but it's just way deeper and darker and more brooding than your typical value priced fair. So there you go the saldo australia shiraz 2021 899 at bennies in chicago. The link to the ad is in the website cheapwinefindercom. So there you go. Like us, if you like your podcast, I've got more wines coming. All these spit out eight new wines. We're not doing anything for months, so we'll be hitting that for a while and do some fun things there. So, adios, keep it cheap and I'll be talking to you.