There is zero subtlety about Derek ‘DJ Deadly’ Fitzgerald’s Barossan wines. That’s a very good thing.
We need light and shade in our wine diet – boldness, delicacy, power, fragrance, and all the bits in between. Derek’s Paisley range falls into the bigger end of the spectrum, and proudly so. Barossan sunshine distilled into flavour and length.
What makes this new Paisley Boombox Shiraz 2022 so welcome is that the depth and width is delivered for just $25 a bottle. It has all the purple fruit swagger that a 14.9% Barossan red can offer. It’s full-bodied, with a thick, plummy berry wall of fruit flavour that hits warm and chunky but generous rather than hard.
That generosity is important.
Derek’s other gig is making the wines for Burge Family Winemakers, where he’s managed to pick up where Rick Burge left off to deliver luscious, red wines of impact and roundness.
Yes, we can’t escape the warmth and ripeness, and this 2022 Boombox Shiraz has a plum liqueur flash to finish, but it’s just part of the deal. It’s not what you’d call a complex wine either, with that flavour more about the mid-palate rather than a driving finish. Ultimately, this is a $25 wine, with the weight of something much more expensive, that proudly speaks of maker and region.
A very good thing.
- Best drinking: within the next 5-8 years
- Score (out of 20): 17.7
- Score (out of 100): 92
- Alcohol %: 14.9
- RRP (in $AUD): 25
- Winery website: https://www.paisleywines.com.au/
- Would I buy it?: worth a glass
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[…] Oz Wine Review, 92 Points: “There is zero subtlety about Derek ‘DJ Deadly’ Fitzgerald’s Barossan wines. That’s a very good thing. We need light and shade in our wine diet – boldness, delicacy, power, fragrance, and all the bits in between. Derek’s Paisley range falls into the bigger end of the spectrum, and proudly so. Barossan sunshine distilled into flavour and length… It has all the purple fruit swagger that a 14.9% Barossan red can offer. It’s full-bodied, with a thick, plummy berry wall of fruit flavour that hits warm and chunky but generous rather than hard. That generosity is important. Yes, we can’t escape the warmth and ripeness, and this 2022 Boombox Shiraz has a plum liqueur flash to finish, but it’s just part of the deal. It’s not what you’d call a complex wine either, with that flavour more about the mid-palate rather than a driving finish. Ultimately, this is a… wine, with the weight of something much more expensive, that proudly speaks of maker and region. A very good thing.” […]