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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.5 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 28 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Winevestor on 9/8/2020 & rated 93 points: This has improved immensely in the bottle. No longer the big bruiser, this has developed into a well integrated, Heathcote. Not as much stank as I would expect. Suckling went wild with his review for this wine - but it didn't put me off! Looking forward to my other bottles. (1647 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 9/2/2020: First Wednesday Wine Club (Napoli in Bocca, Haberfield): Served blind.
slightly oxidised, blackberry, wet cardboard, cream, vanilla, a little plain chocolate, tends to prune with time. Touches of wet cardboard, meaty, peppery, massive drying chewy tannins, sour acidity. Meh.
I guessed Old Aussie shiraz nose but massive tannins, Victoria, Yarra? 2005? (1794 views) | | | Tasted by darren81 on 6/15/2020: 8/10 - Refer to prior note. Enjoyed it lots, not your typical Australian shiraz. Someone at dinner said it reminded them of a Brunello. Someone else guessed it was a Cab Sauv. (1658 views) | | | Tasted by bethel31 on 5/17/2020 & rated 91 points: On opening, a bit of sour cherry which dissipated after some time in the glass. Acidity with a bit of dryness. Dark fruits and spicy on the palate. A bit of plum and medium bodied. (1618 views) | | | Tasted by Andrew67 on 2/3/2020 & rated 94 points: Restrained fruit, for many it will seem underripe. Blackberry, white pepper, cloves. Good length and balance. Will last for ages. (1708 views) | | | Tasted by Nothung on 3/16/2019 & rated 94 points: I agree it’s not a 100 point wine by any stretch of the imagination, but very good after it opened up. (Decanted for about 2 hours.) Beautiful lush fruit with lots of layers and complexity. (1254 views) | | | Tasted by Lockareff on 3/14/2018 & rated 90 points: Nice - but definitely not a 100 point wine. Love McCabe's note below. Suckling was definitely suckling something when he wrote his review, but we all know that 100 points from Suckling is like 90-91 points from WS. Anyway, I'd purchase this wine for no more than $30. (1929 views) | | | Tasted by ColinR on 11/13/2017 & rated 92 points: Inky purple, opaque; smoked meat, game, cassis, blackberry jam, earth, herbs; plummy, berry, peppery, creamy, full body, good acidity, good balance, firm ripe tannins, lingering finish.
Decanted 1 hr. Ripe with typical smoked meat and peppery notes. Well-balanced but lacking complexity and charm for a shiraz this price. (2264 views) | | | Tasted by John McCabe on 11/19/2016 & rated 92 points: This has a dry ash tone that stayes pronounced, with a lot of white pepper. Not my style really. Suckling must have been smoking something really great at the time to give this a hundred points. It's polished, clean, direct and precise but lacks charm or flamboyance. Pleasant enough, and might fare better over time but nothing too special. The finish does linger, but still.. (3222 views) | | | Tasted by PaulHig on 11/10/2016 & rated 93 points: Lovely nose of raspberry dark chocolate and a touch of cola. Elegant, but ripe and pure fruit, just starting to transit to more mature notes of leather and earth. Still a touch of grip in the tannins, with nice mineral feel.
Slightly in an in-between stage at this moment, having tried these wines fully mature it's well worth the wait. Their elegant, maybe lighter style, red fruits marry so well into the mature wine with great tertiary flavours. Best from +10 years on vintage. (3329 views) | | | Tasted by sethboy23 on 7/26/2015 & rated 92 points: drinking well. not a huge upside (4259 views) | | | Tasted by Winevestor on 5/19/2015 & rated 93 points: Love the Heathcotes generally. This is atypical at the moment - a big bruiser of a wine. Not really ready. Should be left another few years before trying again. However, good deep fruit and big tannins to keep us going into the future. (3794 views) | | | Tasted by RayOB on 2/28/2015 & rated 89 points: A Matter of Taste: London Edition (Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea): Lots of dark fruit, spice and smoke. Palate still has a lot of tannins. (4800 views) | | | Tasted by henrygjeffreys on 9/18/2014: touch medicinal on the nose, super ripe fruit, smoky
tastes elegant though, strawbs, supple
still quite a bit of tannin
meaty (3443 views) | | | Tasted by Javatrader on 5/7/2013 & rated 88 points: Nose: Earthy, minty, soy sauce
Pepper, tobacco, earthy undertones, a bit boring (4464 views) | | | Tasted by canan on 11/19/2012 & rated 96 points: Deep intense blackberry fruit on the nose with a touch of vanilla. Flattering and delicious. A little bonfire and complex young notes.
Fresh and elegant blackberry fruit on the palate but it really feels very young. There is also a little burnt dirt, iron, black olives and eucalyptus.
Sophisticated with an excellent structure. However it is still harsh and very young! (4406 views) | | | Tasted by darren81 on 10/19/2012: 8.5/10 - Pop and poured, still very young but already a great wine. Lovely black cherry, blackcurrant, chocolate, and and charcoal/pencil lead. Tannins are velvet smooth and sweet. Acidity is good and matches up well against all the flavours and the rather thick layer of tannins. The tannins, while heavy, were never jarring and felt like a heavy velvet cloak cloaking the beauty beneath. Cellaring the rest but it will be hard to resist. Thank goodness for the 03s in the meanwhile. (4490 views) | | | Tasted by CamWheeler on 8/22/2012 & rated 92 points: 10x20 Victorian Tasting (Customs House, Sydney, Australia): A dense and complex nose of blackberry, earth, liquorice as well as kirsch, violets and some pepper. The palate is brooding, rich, detailed and intense - it is given a lift by bright acid and kept from being over the top by the structure. This needs some serious time in bottle to be its best, 7-8 years at least. (5474 views) | | | Tasted by deanmillson on 5/23/2012 & rated 93 points: The first of 3 bottles I have bought and am looking forward to discovering over the years. Very elegant for a young wine. Dark berries, cassis and plum, some dark chocolate with a hint if tobacco. Dusty, chalky tannins, but so very fine they're almost not there. Looking forward to this over the years. (4258 views) | | | Tasted by Alex H on 3/20/2012 & rated 86 points: Opened too young so this was v tight. Lots of spiced black fruits with dark roast and rump roast with a big dose of black peppers. Dark and ink plums. Needs lots more time. (3755 views) | | | Tasted by Paul S on 3/17/2012 & rated 93 points: Mega-Pointer Dinner (Yuan Wei Deep-Sea Garoupa, Serangoon Road): This was very, very young, but after sitting in an opened bottle for half a day, it actually showed quite nicely. It had a rich, thick nose, full of deep plum, blackberry and cassis aromas patted down with some earth and eucalyptus notes. It shared some similarities to the Fox Creek Reserve drank alongside, but was rather tighter, more primary, maybe more indistinct given its youth. The palate had the rich, viscous weight that Jasper Hills often show, but it was very well-balanced by gobs of juicy acidity that suffused its ripe, deeply fruited flavours of black plums and prunes, blackberries and cassis and some dark cherry chocolates. There was a bit of savoury earth in there somewhere, but such was the primacy of the fruit that it remained rather buried. All in all, this had tremendous weight and complexity, great velvety depth and superb length, all presented in a rather suave, velvety packaged. Super-young, but very solid, with a lot going on. Like the other two Shirazes on show, this was also very nicely balanced. James Suckling 100 points. I am certainly not a perfect score on this one, nowhere near, but this was impressive stuff which should age very well indeed. (3712 views) | | | Tasted by Zoltán Németi on 12/22/2011 & rated 94 points: This is a beautiful, unforced wine aiming for elegance. Medium ruby color. Somewhat restrained and shows no signs of New World clichés: no strong vanilla/mocha oak, no over-ripeness. Neither is it obviously Aussie. The nose exhibits wonderfully fresh cherry and plum, rather in the red berry spectrum (or red - dark), with subtle black pepper, cinnamon, coriander seed spiciness. Maybe a hint of orange as well. Pretty, but not the most complex (yet?). On the palate it's dry, vivid, with higher acidity that seems natural. Really nice density on the mid-palate, especially because it is not an extracted style; rather unforced, has an almost light or Pinot-ish touch. Medium plus body, no alcoholic heat (perfectly ripe at 14% ABV). Tannins are firmish at the end, and for me, somewhat unusual for a syrah: they have a slight Nebbiolo/sandpaper feel to them. Real personality here, a lovely wine, but currently lacks some complexity and intensity for the perfect mark (James Suckling 100 points), though can improve with age. Very young, hold. (3209 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 8/9/2011: Voyager Estate Masterclass 2011: Mint, green over red and black fruit, green peppercorns over slight rubber/wet cardboard notes. Little wet, light tight, little hot. Ugh. (2337 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, July/August 2011, IWC Issue #157
(Jasper Hill Vineyard Shiraz Georgia's Paddock Heathcote) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Halliday
Halliday Wine Companion (2/28/2011)
(jasper hill georgia's paddock heathcote shiraz) Subscribe to see review text. | By Campbell Mattinson
The WINEFRONT (9/11/2010)
(Jasper Hill Georgia’s Paddock Shiraz) Subscribe to see review text. |
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