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Decanted in glass for 30 minutes. Not as sweet as the first bottle I had. I am actually getting a little bit of tart/sour notes coming though. The alcohol is also showing through on this. This is big time new world style and may have actually drank better early on in it's life. This has changed from the first bottle. While it's not as sweet it seems that other things have gone on that are detracting. I will be honest I probably over scored this first time around, it's showing it's price tag this time around. (3073 views)

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Decanted for one hour. Notes much closer to the first bottle of this I had. This is new world juice. (3938 views)

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Decanted this wine for 1 hr. Dark black-purple color. The nose shows blackberry, some blackcurrant, liquorice and pepper. Med-full bodied. On the palate this wine has lots of sweet fruit with just a bit of spice. Nicely balanced and drinking very well. Medium finish. (3976 views)

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Decanted for 2hrs. Dense dark purple almost black color. Beautiful slightly sweet aromas of raspberry, cassis, blackberry and liquorice. Full bodied with a complex palate of dark fruit, tobacco and spice, big but very rounded sweet tannins, extremely balanced leading to a very long lush finish. This wine is drinking absolutely beautiful right now. I was weary to open it so early but after reading many reviews on EBob I figured I should give it a try....and glad I did. Everything here is already in sync, how nice to drink a class act Shiraz that isn't a alcohol fruit bomb like many others. No need to wait on this....enjoy! This completely blows away the 05 Mollydooker COL. 95 (17690 views)

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Decanted for 2 hrs. Dense dark ruby color. Nose of dark fruit and a little pepper. Full bodied palate with big fruit flavors that follow the nose. However I have to agree with the previous TN....this wine is a bit flabby....don't remember that from the previous bottle I had about a year ago. The tannins are fully integrated and like previously mentioned there is almost no acidity to this wine. This wine seems a bit tired.....glad this is my last bottle.....time to drink this one as IMO it's on the decline . (1628 views)

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Decanted in glass for 30 minutes. Dark ruby/purple color leads to aromas of vanilla, cherry, and chocolate with some oak in the background. Nice full bodied syrupy flavors of cherry, coffee and raspberry with some spice. Tannins are pretty well integrated, well balanced, drinking nice, not an over the top Ausi. Nice length on the finish. Good drink on it's own. (2810 views)

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Just had the 05 tonight with a nice prime Rib. Decanted for 1.5-2 hrs. Super dark purple color, aromas of dark fruit, currant and some pepper. On the palate, lots of fruit, blackberry, black cherry, some nice oak and lots of firm tannins but drinking smoothly, full body. (2707 views)

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Decanted for 1 hr. Notes generally the same as my first bottle of this back in July. However there are some definite vanilla oak notes coming into play here on the mid-palate this go around. Good amount of sediment in bottle. (1861 views)

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20 minute decant in the glass. Dark purple almost black color that leads to a powerful nose of berries, violet, spice and smoky oak. The palate is full bodied and shows of dark berries, maduro cigar and spice, good acidity and well integrated tannins that lead to a long fruity finish with just a tad of heat showing through. This is open and ready to go. TampaSteve 90 (1097 views)

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Decanted for 45min. Dark, dark color, basically black w/purple/ruby rim. Big nose of spice and peppered black fruit with a bit of smoke in the background. Full bodied with lots of dark fruit on the palate, but not a fruit-bomb, again there is some nice spice with definite pepper coming through, very nice mouth feel with well integrated smooth tannins, the finish is long. This is a very nicely balanced wine that is drinking quite well right now....recommended by Gary Vaynerchuk....impressed. 92 (1139 views)

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Decanted for 3.5hrs. The color on this is dark cranberry alomost to the point of black. The nose is filled of blackberry liquor, spice, vanilla and chocolate covered cherries . WOW!!!...the palate on this is explosive, extremely extracted fruit showing blackberry, blueberry, spice and vanilla. The alcohol is apparent on this wine both on the nose and palate and no doubt at a whopping 16.5%. The COL is balanced and surprisingly quite approachable at this early stage of life with no apparent heat or harsh tannins that usually accompany at such a young age. The finish on this goes on forever.
This is a very very dense wine...war paint comes to mind. I have only once before encountered a wine as dense and extracted as this , the 2001 Feudi di San Gregorio Irpinia Serpico also rated way up there as a 98 point Parker. This wine gives the term "over the top" a new meaning, pushing the limits of wine into the grey zone IMO. This by all means falls more into the "fruit cocktail" category. The best analogy I can think of is comparing this to being at a cross road. There is a road in front of you and another to the right and left. The road to the left is wine country, the road to the right is cocktail country and then there is the road that this wine travels which is the road straight down the middle.
I can appreciate this effort and it's potential but also see it going into a realm that takes it into the wine twilight zone. The density alone on this makes it hard to drink more than one glass. My wife and I finished a bottle over a steak dinner and struggled to do so. The alcohol level also shows it's bold face letting you know that you just drank a 16.5% alcohol fruit cocktail. There may be a time and place for this style but to me not one that I would want to frequent. I have found this one of the hardest wines to try to rate. I am giving this a 90?. I use the ? and will explain. While an effort like this is in itself an amazing accomplishment I am not sure exactly where in the wine world it belongs. I think the name is quite appropriate as it is a "CARNIVAL" alright, just not sure for me that it's The Carnival Of Love. (13325 views)

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Decanted this in glass for 1 hour. Same nose as last note however this time around this seems a bit thinner than I remember. I also pick up on the "tangy spearmint" that ST notes. Maybe forget the decant on the last bottle and try a pop and pour. (2465 views)

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Decanted this for 1.5hrs. Nice dark sapphire red color, big bright nose of strawberry, smoke and meat, lots of fresh red fruit on the palate, currant, raspberry and strawberry, medium body with silky tannins and lively acidity, the finish goes on and on, this wine has bit of a PN character to it, very, very nice 90. (2581 views)

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Decanted for 1 hr, extremely dark almost black color, complex nose of plum, currant, blackberry and cedar box with a slight bit of green pepper hiding in the background, full bodied palate of dark fruit and spicy but subtle oak, great mouth feel, nicely balanced with a solid tannin structure, long fruity finish, you know this is a cab. This has plenty of fruit and tannin structure for cellaring. I would like to come back and taste this again in a few years. 90 (3689 views)

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Decanted for 30 minutes. Not as red in color as my notes stated first time round, more ruby turning slightly brick on the edge. The nose is currant,blackberry and plum. The medium/full bodied palate is following the nose in jammy flavors with more pronounced plum this time round and a bit of black cherry.. This is nice balanced with very well integrated tannins and a long finish. This one is very nice from entry to mid to finish..90. (3160 views)

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