Light straw color. Nose is citrus , light grapefruit, grass, and mineral. The palate is crisp and clean with good acidity and a nice finish. very pleasant drinking wine if a bit pricey. 91+pts
Light golden color. Nose is a bit flat at first, opening up more over the evening. Mineral predominates on the nose and palate. Good acidity. Fairly light style, no oak is apparent.
Dark purple color. Nose is vibrant fruit, blackberry, black cherry, pepper. The palate is silmilar, is medim bodied and the finsih is medium. Very solid wine, good balance. 91-92pts
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Dark purple color, slight bricking. Nose has earth, pepper, wet forest floor, meat, black fruit. The palate is full bodied. Good finsih, long. Complex nose and palate. 93+ pts. Really good wine, tied for second for WOTN.
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Dark purple color. Complex nose of earth, oak, spices and pepper, black fruit. The palate is full bodied and displays a good balance of fruit and earth and pepper quality with great length on the finish and solid tannins that are well integrated. My WOTN, and group WOTN.
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Color was dark purple, i thought a little lighter on the edges, but most didn't agree. The nose is more old world with earth, leather, hints of tobacco, coffee predominating. Very little fruit was showing through. The palate was medium bodied with good tannins and a medium finsih. I don't see how this wine could be referred to as a fruit bomb in any way. If so, there is major bottle variation.
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Dark color, very slight bricking. Nose was smokey with leather, earth. Fruit profile was lacking in the nose. The palate was medium bodied and the fruit never really showed up. More of an old world style, but not quite as strong in the mid palate. 90-91pts.
Bonus wine #1, served blind. This wine was definitely a surprise for everyone. The group thought Auusie, but no no, Washington state it is. Dark purple color, no bricking at all at 8 years on a base bottling. The nose was dynamic with earth, pepper, spices , black fruit and bit of oak present. The palate follows through on the nose, a bit lighter in body than some of the other big wines, but not much. The finish is medium. I was not sure how this would show, and I must say that the group really thought it stood well with the entire group of much more expensive wines. This will be worth a look in the future. Don't know if it drank this nice when it was young or not, but it sure did tonight. Solid 90+pts.
Bonus wine #2. This was not blind. Dark color. Nose has dark fruits with earth, good spice, oak, and leather, with a scortched earth essence. The medium - full bodied palate has some sharper tannins and show some oak as well. Good finish. This wine was very good. 92+pts.
2009 Merryvale Sauvignon Blanc 91 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Light straw color. Nose is citrus , light grapefruit, grass, and mineral. The palate is crisp and clean with good acidity and a nice finish. very pleasant drinking wine if a bit pricey. 91+pts
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2006 Domaine Marc Greffet (Moillard) Pouilly-Fuissé 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Mâconnais, Pouilly-Fuissé
Light golden color. Nose is a bit flat at first, opening up more over the evening. Mineral predominates on the nose and palate. Good acidity. Fairly light style, no oak is apparent.
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2005 Tim Smith Wines Shiraz Barossa 91 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa
Dark purple color. Nose is vibrant fruit, blackberry, black cherry, pepper. The palate is silmilar, is medim bodied and the finsih is medium. Very solid wine, good balance. 91-92pts
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2003 Massena Shiraz The Eleventh Hour 93 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Dark purple color, slight bricking. Nose has earth, pepper, wet forest floor, meat, black fruit. The palate is full bodied. Good finsih, long. Complex nose and palate. 93+ pts. Really good wine, tied for second for WOTN.
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2005 Kaesler Shiraz The Bogan 94 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Dark purple color. Complex nose of earth, oak, spices and pepper, black fruit. The palate is full bodied and displays a good balance of fruit and earth and pepper quality with great length on the finish and solid tannins that are well integrated. My WOTN, and group WOTN.
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2004 Schild Estate Shiraz 93 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Color was dark purple, i thought a little lighter on the edges, but most didn't agree. The nose is more old world with earth, leather, hints of tobacco, coffee predominating. Very little fruit was showing through. The palate was medium bodied with good tannins and a medium finsih. I don't see how this wine could be referred to as a fruit bomb in any way. If so, there is major bottle variation.
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2003 Heath Wines Shiraz Reserve 100 Year Old Vine 90 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Dark color, very slight bricking. Nose was smokey with leather, earth. Fruit profile was lacking in the nose. The palate was medium bodied and the fruit never really showed up. More of an old world style, but not quite as strong in the mid palate. 90-91pts.
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2002 Chateau Ste. Michelle Syrah 90 Points
USA, Washington, Columbia Valley
Bonus wine #1, served blind. This wine was definitely a surprise for everyone. The group thought Auusie, but no no, Washington state it is. Dark purple color, no bricking at all at 8 years on a base bottling. The nose was dynamic with earth, pepper, spices , black fruit and bit of oak present. The palate follows through on the nose, a bit lighter in body than some of the other big wines, but not much. The finish is medium. I was not sure how this would show, and I must say that the group really thought it stood well with the entire group of much more expensive wines. This will be worth a look in the future. Don't know if it drank this nice when it was young or not, but it sure did tonight. Solid 90+pts.
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2003 Long Shadows Wineries Syrah Sequel 92 Points
USA, Washington, Columbia Valley
Bonus wine #2. This was not blind. Dark color. Nose has dark fruits with earth, good spice, oak, and leather, with a scortched earth essence. The medium - full bodied palate has some sharper tannins and show some oak as well. Good finish. This wine was very good. 92+pts.
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