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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2017 and 2028 (based on 213 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.7 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Jeremy Holmes on 4/17/2024: Remarkably youthful and purple of colour. Quite a smoky nose, with some tar and menthol too. There are luscious, dark fruits at its core and some earthy nuance at the extremities. The finish is chewy and there’s bright acidity. (92 views) | | | Tasted by rgawlowski on 6/25/2020 & rated 96 points: Fantastic, ripe, aromatic, beautiful honey fruit; at its peak; long finish. Actually, a ‘98 that I entered wrong. (621 views) | | | Tasted by startinoz on 9/12/2016 & rated 92 points: Very ripe. (1564 views) | | | Tasted by CamWheeler on 9/15/2015 & rated 90 points: Negociants Australia Portfolio Tasting: Cherry, ash, cedar oak, graphite. Plenty of tannin on the palate, there is a good core of rich fruit that makes me think that this will come together really well with time. At the moment it is approachable but it will be better if you can wait. (2095 views) | | | Tasted by graemeg on 2/17/2012: 2012 Sydney Royal Wine Show - Exhibitor's Tasting (Olympic Park, Homebush): Bronze medal {cork} Wow. Where’d all the oak go? This is youthful, with big, sweet fruit-cake aromas but almost none of that giant vanilla whack which marked Octavius’ of old. Big, full-bodied wine, but sensibly proportioned; the rich fruits swamp the oak on the palate; medium powdery tannins and lowish acid comprise the structure, which has a soft slippery texture to it. Medium length finish. A bit simple at this age, but better balanced than its siblings from the 90s. (4012 views) |
| By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, Australia Rediscovers Its Mojo (Mar 2016) (3/1/2016)
(Yalumba Shiraz The Octavius Old Vine) Subscribe to see review text. | By Campbell Mattinson
The WINEFRONT (12/25/2014)
(Yalumba The Octavius Shiraz) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Halliday
Halliday Wine Companion (12/1/2014)
(yalumba the octavius old vine barossa shiraz) Subscribe to see review text. |
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