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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.7 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 28 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by vin0vin0 on 4/21/2013 & rated 89 points: This is a big merlot from Australia. Jammy from the get-go, loads of dark fruit, tobacco, dark chocolate, subtle white pepper, soft tannin and a fairly long finish. (4574 views) | | | Tasted by gharbour on 2/1/2013 & rated 91 points: Very nice and round. (4519 views) | | | Tasted by Crclare on 2/28/2012 & rated 90 points: - Brick color with slow forming legs. It's balanced and has flavours of strawberry jam and blackberry with a medium/full body. Round texture with a medium finish - Opened this tonight for a simple roast chicken and herbed root vegetables. First glass was angular and somewhat chemical, with a bunch of odd tannic notes, not balanced and barely present fruit. I usually really enjoy this wine, what happened? Then I remembered THE MOLLYDOOKER SHAKE... next glass was back in familiar arms. Softer acids, fruits of fig and jammy berries, much better balanced. Yummy! (Plays really with the roasted turnips shallots, and parsnips.) Very drinkable now. Just remember to shake it... check their website if you don't know what I mean. (5272 views) | | | Tasted by Wineson on 1/22/2012 & rated 88 points: PnP thru aerator. Great fruit taste. But, it had a little catch at the finish that made you question whether you liked it. (5165 views) | | | Tasted by Frabjous on 1/7/2012 & rated 89 points: This bottle was not as enjoyable as the previous two, either it was an off bottle or the wine has gone into decline. It was a perfectly ok Merlot but had less of the vibrancy tasted previously. I guess “pushed” (reverse osmosis, oak pellets, micro-oxygenation &c) wines don’t age so well. I’ll soon try a bottle of 2009 The Boxer ShirOz and see if the same thing is going on with it; I’m more and more off the pushed wine bandwagon, it produces wines that are bold and in your face when drunk young but which lack depth and subtlety - compared with Massena “The Eleventh Hour” the ‘dooker wines are crude and boorish. (5274 views) | | | Tasted by Kevin1970 on 11/24/2011 & rated 75 points: Ok (2146 views) | | | Tasted by danielbleier on 8/2/2011 & rated 88 points: deep chocolate, plum and silky tannins dominate. Flavors are basic but enjoyable. (2106 views) | | | Tasted by Frabjous on 7/30/2011 & rated 90 points: Very dark ruby red in the glass with a helix of long legs in the bowl of the glass after swirling.
Very fruity on the nose with dark red cherries and boysenberries as well.
On the palette, fruit really smacks the gob, but there is a charming, subtle powdered cocoa taste that sneaks in on the attack and builds into the finish that is really quite tasty.
Again, I have to say that this ‘accelerated’ ShirOZ is really precocious to the point of being cheeky, but it is hard to put down. Something about it keeps me coming back to try to suss out the finer notes. I think I’ll let the remaining bottles age in the cellar until at least the winter - we’ll have one when the frost is on the pumpkin or perhaps even when the snow lays upon the land like a soft white blanket and one’s thoughts turn to a roaring oak fire in the fireplace.
Again 90 points with upside potential.
Must. Hold. One. Bottle. Until it’s 5th birthday.
Mark (1928 views) | | | Tasted by neurovino on 6/18/2011 & rated 89 points: It's very sweet and tasty, but it's huge. Too much for a Merlot. No suppleness or softness. Not at all balanced, but what you get is flavorful. (2105 views) | | | Tasted by rbb100 on 4/11/2011 & rated 92 points: Very enjoyable, perhaps because it was very un-Merlot like. Greta body, color and intensity. Drank well after decanting and probably will do well in the cellar for a few more years. (2374 views) | | | Tasted by Frabjous on 3/4/2011 & rated 90 points: My goodness, but this is precocious! We did the ‘dooker shake (I had Caorline do it as that seemed appropriate) and then tucked in. It is indeed very tasty and continues to evolve as it breathes, but I think the drinking an ’09 after just a brief shake is absurd on its face! This wine has great depth and longevity, and will no doubt be better in a year or 2 if not 5, and I can’t wait to test my hypotheses next year and a year after that!
Didn’t have much nose initially, in fact didn’t have much flavor initially but has just taken off in the glass like a top-fueled dragster (bottle-fed and all) after the first pour to the extent that I can’t really keep up with it in terms of where the flavor profile really *is*. I’m willing to admit that it has great potential, but exactly when and how will that potential be revealed? Enquiring minds need to know!
A reserved but nevertheless expectant 90...
Mark (2344 views) | | | Tasted by G_H on 2/10/2011 & rated 92 points: Liked it a lot, super fat, only 92 points because of the high alcohol that somewhat is less well integrated than in other offerings. Tasted blind and guessed it to be an Auzzie Shiraz (2869 views) | | | Tasted by wine maestro on 11/2/2010 & rated 91 points: Sleek and understated style with fabulous texture and depth. Enchanting rich raspberry,
with pretty red cherry and currant playing in the background. Displaying complexity and
nuance, it's hard to believe this is a $25 bottle of wine. A smoky and spiced oak finish
hightlighted by a dusting of cocoa. Mollydooker 09 release dining event - Morton's South
Coast. (3039 views) | | | Tasted by Uglypinga on 9/28/2010: Black pepper and ash on the nose with a hint of red fruits. Soft cherries and raspberries in the palate, too much acid for me. (2983 views) | | | Tasted by Curlrock on 9/6/2010 & rated 92 points: Very nice wine with deep ruby color, sweet berries, soft tannins and a long silky finish...loved it. (3061 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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