Marius is a delicious little winery in McLaren Vale in South Australia. They dry-grow a high percentage of their vineyard, and only minimally irrigate the rest. This leads to cultivation of High intensity, low-yield fruit, and subsequently big wines. This one is a 50/50 blend of Shiraz and Mourvédre, and is very appropriately named. "Symposium", from the Greek "sympotein", meaning to drink together; could there be a better name for an eminently drinkable wine?
This is a wine with flavour. It is thick and clingy, with a reasonably high alcohol content. The nose is packed with berries, fruitcake and chocolate mint. The berry flavours continue in the mouth, along with cherry jam. It is lightly spicy, and gives nice firm but not overpowering tannins. The flavour lingers on and on. This is a tremendous wine, and if anyone invites you to a symposium, you can only hope they have something like this in mind.
Food: Lamb casserole.
Price: About $30 a bottle, rrp.
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