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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.7 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Keeping It Real on 1/1/2016 & rated 94 points: I see there aren't many reviews on the 2003 so let me lay out the Truth.
If tasted blind, I would think this is a young wine like about 2010. This wine is bold, massive, and tannic despite it being 13 years of age.
I get menthol, black fruits, heat, alcohol on the nose letting me know that this one is packin' some fire. On the palate, it's very big and I like it. Finishes off with some heat but good heat and that went away with further decanting. Also some floral notes on the back end. What's interesting about this wine is that I preferred the taste at Pnp rather than after 4 hrs of decant. It got a little grapey after long decant. However, this wine is a winner. No complaining about it. Awesome Shiraz. RP - 98pts. (1847 views) | | | Tasted by bsilvermd on 11/30/2012 & rated 79 points: multiple tastings have been musty and corked (3144 views) | | | Tasted by kellersc on 7/25/2011 & rated 91 points: Classic shiraz with spicy notes of black pepper. Agree with huntly on lovely purple color. Enjoyed thoroughly with a spicy Asian dinner. Surprised to the upside. (3390 views) | | | Tasted by huntly on 4/23/2011 & rated 92 points: A lovely inky purple color followed by a somewhat stiff nose of red berries and cedar. The mid-palate has real complexity with tar, herbs, earth and a serious tannin structure holding in the rich berry. The finish is long, but with a preponderance of acid.
We very much enjoyed this. One of the few wines that can stand up to a korean BBQ, but it would be great if it had a bit less acidity and some softer tannins. The natural Syrah flavors are abundant and beautifully expressed. (3640 views) | | | Tasted by olm2000 on 12/27/2009: Aussie lovers may really like this but still too jammy for me (3745 views) |
| Clarendon Hills Producer website
CLARENDON HILLS
Inspired by the classic South Australian wines of the 1950s and 1960s, particularly Penfolds, the visionary Roman Bratasiuk, a former biochemist, bought the old Elysium winery at Blewitt Springs, near Clarendon in McLaren Vale. By chance he found the nearby 10 acre Astralis Vineyard as a source of "as good as you can get" Shiraz. The vines were first planted in 1920 with 19th century colonial vine-stock derived from Chateau Reynella. Best known for the flagship wine Astralis Syrah, Clarendon Hills also produces a portfolio of single vineyard age-worthy Grenache & Syrah wines derived from 35 to 75-year-old dry grown vines, from the Clarendon, Blewitt Springs and Kangarilla sub-regions of McLaren Vale.Syrah Varietal article (Wikipedia) | (Wines Northwest)
Note that some producers in the Northern Rhone distinguish between simply Syrah and "Serine", the latter described as ‘an ancient clone of Syrah, the berries of which are more oval-shaped and less deeply pigmented than Syrah’ by producer Tardieu-Laurent. Australia Wine Australia (Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation) | Australian Wines (Wikipedia)South Australia South Australian Wine Industry Association | South Australian Wines (Wikipedia)Fleurieu Fleurieu Wineries & Cellar Doors (southaustralia.com) |
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