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2000 Burge Family Olive Hill Shiraz Grenache Mourvedre Winery: Burge Family Vintage: 2000 Region: Barossa Valley Bottle Size: 750ml Variety: Shiraz Grenache Mourvedre Price: $65.00 (out of stock) The 2000 Olive Hill, a proprietary blend of Grenache (21%), Shiraz (48%), and Mourvedre (31%), was aged in one-third new French oak. Like all the Burge Family wines, it reveals great fruit purity and texture. A big, earthy, peppery, black cherry and currant-scented bouquet is followed by a textured, rich, medium to full-bodied red with more spice, leather, and earthy components than are found in the flamboyantly fruity Grenache. It should drink well for a decade.   Rick Burge, whom I visited on my trip to Barossa last year, manages to keep prices in check for his sumptuous wines, which offer extraordinarily pure fruit, and the warmth and intensity of the Barossa. Readers should not confuse these wines with those from Barossa's Grant Burge. The latter offerings are competent but commercial, simple efforts. Wine Advocate #143 (Oct 2002) Robert Parker 90 points Drink 2002-2012