Greetings from Akron, Ohio!

I had a wonderful dinner last night at Flemming's Steak House in Montrose with my friends Matt from Nashville and Sue from Akron. Matt is the guy that introduced me to the Justin "Orphan" and I brought a bottle of the latest 2006 vintage to share.

Flemming's has a nice relationship with West Point Market. If you purchase a bottle to bring to the restaurant from West Point, they attach a sticker and the folks at Flemming's opened it and decanted it for us.

But on to the wine! Once we tried the new "Orphan" Matt selected the 2005 Mitolo G.A.M. Shiraz from the McLaren Vale in Australia. The G.A.M. stands for the first names of the Mitolo children Gemma, ALex, and Marco. And remember since it is a shiraz from Australia, it is pronounced Sha razz' as in Razz a ma Tazz!

The wine with a solid ruby color had layers of black current, spices, and coffee and licorice with a nice, not over oaked, finish. Hard to price it but the Internet has it for between 45 and 60 bucks a bottle. I'd give this one 92 points, but at that price it's not a wine you'd drink every day. It's not Molly Dooker, but it's good if you can't find the Molly Dooker's. Thanks to Matt for a great time!!