7/8/2021 - empire80 wrote:

Concentrated, dry, tannic and very long. On its own it's at least five years too young for me; might just just about be drinkable with a rare steak. Has potential but I will be leaving my next bottle for five years!

10/29/2019 - azzah Likes this wine:

Yep good wine here. Florals, lemon/lime, developing honey and toast. No kero, which is excellent. Minerally and length the standout. Around 93-94 for me. Will keep but I’m not sure it will improve much.

6/5/2020 - Winiac wrote:

Acid plus, and crisp,full bodied. Lacks flavor intensity as you would like to see in a good Riesling.

11/9/2019 - tantotinto wrote:

Overly prominent oak upon first opening but it dissipated fairly quickly. Lush dark fruit, chocolate and spice. A big wine but, to my taste at least, not over the top. I doubt this is a bottle that will add more complexity with time. A good drinker now though so no need to overthink it.

10/1/2019 - Grinner wrote:

Decanted at 5pm, back in the bottle at 6pm, start tasting at 7pm at Bar Purlieu.

My last bottle on 11/1/15 note:
WOTFlight, this was BIG, dark, and deep with stone notes vying with the cassis, blackberry, earth, and cedar. Tannic and long. Wait, decant (we did 17 hours), and wait some more. Next in 2-3 years. 93 on day 2. (8322 views)

Tannins have settled down 2 notches and have 1-2 to go. Otherwise very similar and great with lamb chop and the pork belly skewers!

Good chance I'll save my last for another 3-5 years.

4/23/2019 - Verb wrote:

medium red, brick rim - black cherry, raspberry nose - asian spices in the mouth with good fruit/acid/tannin balance - medium body - 20 sec finish finish - a good but not great 2010 that will likely continue to drink well for another 5-10 years

4/24/2019 - ricard Likes this wine:

On the nose I would not distinguish this from a left-bank Cabernet-dominant claret - blackberries, plums, cedar, pencil shavings/graphite. Tremendous energy (for a 2005!), peppery, minty, eucalyptus, a herbal component, and so vivid for its age. Really fantastic wine of its type. I expect this to rival many second-growth Bordeaux wines at a fraction of the price, and surely age impressively.

11/11/2018 - chatters wrote:

Catching up with Axel (Freds, Oxford Street, Sydney): Initially I thought my LB Hoodoo was continuing. This was decanted for about 90 minutes. On the nose blackcurrant, cassis, savoury, cedar, spicy and a little smoky. Juicy, savoury but still with plenty of black fruit, lashings of tannins that are drying but, for me, it's a little flat. I'm goo pull out a 2010 and see how it is to see if my 'young' hypothesis is correct...After about three hours, though, the wine grows with masses of wild blackcurrant and cream and cassis coming to the fore backed by brambles, leather and spice. The tannins are still grippy but less drying. Bit more yum. Note to self - 3 hour decant!

8/25/2018 - Geoff Harry Likes this wine:

This is my favourite wine, but I was disappointed with this bottle. The palate was short and the fruit was missing. I'm hoping this was a glitch as I have several bottles.

2/6/2017 - graemeg wrote:

NobleRottersSydney - Penfolds prior to 2007 (360 Bar & Dining, Sydney): {cork, 14.5%} (Aaron) Decanted at start of dinner. Still fairly youthful, but flanked as it was by slightly older St Henri’s, it seemed very baked, sharp and harsh to me. The palate is raw and blocky, with medium gritty tannins, blackberry and sour cranberry fruit, medium/full body, and a medium-length finish tending hot and harsh. Not convincing. Age will tone it down, but the gritty heat it shows won’t help I suspect.

5/28/2017 - graemeg wrote:

{screwcap, 11%} Pale, almost colourless. Restrained nose of a little apple and lime, along with a schisty mineral character. It's light-bodied, but seems tightly-would somehow, with medium acidity, and crunchy fresh finish, and for all the cool, light flavours, they gently linger for some time. Pleasant now, if not immediately impressive; seems like a wine built for the longer haul, and with a nod at Rheingau; same dry style, same crunchy texture. Give it a decade I reckon.

8/19/2018 - Collector1855 wrote:

Medium amber, brownish. Wow, this looks and smells very mature. Lots of tertiary notes with nutmeg, cloves, leather, autumn leaves, cured meat. Alcohol and body on the high side but just about enough acidity to tame it. A solid but not grand Barossa wine. I wonder if all bottles are this evolved.

2/7/2018 - CamWheeler wrote:

Riesling Riot 2018: Floral and perfumed nose with lime, orange and smoke - really quite pretty nose already. Really good length on the palate, the fruit balancing well with the youthful acid. Will leave my bottles to have a lengthy stint in the cellar before I look at them again.

11/20/2016 - graemeg wrote:

NobleRottersSydney - Christmas Lunch 2016 (360 Bar & Dining, Sydney): {cork, 14.5%} And here is Penfolds offering in the same style, with a big leather and tar nose full of baked red fruits of all types. The colour is very brick-tinged for this age and label; and indeed the palate seems prematurely aged too. The inherent character remains; those ripe fruits and big oak, with raw gritty tannins and medium acid, but the finish is rather shorter and simpler than expected too. Storage? Part-oxidised at any rate I think, and possibly not typical, although I don’t generally think these early century, drought-infused Penfolds reds with their baked fruit qualities are aging well in any event.

3/18/2018 - Portland Seth Likes this wine:

Well integrated and balanced fruit and oak. So well integrated that I found individual flavors difficult to identify, something not usually a problem for me. Tremendous depth of flavor but not much complexity. The flavor did not evolve in the mouth, it was kinda one-note. But what a note! Absolutely delicious, everything in proportion, but missing some perfumed aromatics of other great Bordeauxs.

2/5/2018 - graemeg wrote:

NobleRottersSydney - Penfolds at 10 20 30 years (360 Bar & Dining, Sydney): {cork, 13.5%} [Aaron] Had a 40-minute decant. Big, chocolate and cedar nose. Liquorice too. Very ripe, powerful. Plenty of oak on the palate, too, with sweet chocolate and currant flavours. Medium chalky tannins, medium-bodied with lowish acid. Makes a bit initial impression in the mouth, then flattens out a bit, and only finishes medium length. Weaker back-palate, despite the pleasant flavours it’s just a bit hollow and simple for a Coonawarra flagship red. The more I taste JR from the late 90s the more I understand why they ripped out so many vines and re-thought the oak treatment.

9/14/2016 - TightLettuce wrote:

my first clare valley riesling,

mixed feelings about this wine. pale, very pale. first thing I noticed was a breath of gun flint. apple and pear fruits are backwards, urethane notes hit intermittently. acids are not overwhelming, rather moderate actually. The after palate coats the mouth with a round glycerine like texture, the flavor lasts on your tongue forever.

So very different, not bad, but hard to pin point on a point scale. My wife hated it, wouldn't even drink it. I find it very precise, all aspects of the wine played well together.

I would say 89-91+ , served cold on a hot summer day like today, was thoroughly enjoyed

1/14/2017 - CamWheeler wrote:

Riesling Rampage 2017: Bath salts, roses and graphite. There is real cut and composure on the palate with the fruit and acidity well integrated but providing good interest and spark. Very good length. I thought that this was a step in front of the Grosset Polish Hill at the current point.

1/14/2017 - CamWheeler wrote:

Riesling Rampage 2017: Floral with musk and lemon. Really good purity on the palate, the balance here is excellent with push and drive from the acidity and the fruit sweetness countering it with style. Not quite as much depth as I'd like to be able to love this, but it may well come with time.

10/2/2017 - rooman Likes this wine:

Sort of into the solid and dependable phase. Tannins have softened and integrated but there is still little secondary development showing with this full bodied wine. I do suspect however in another 5-6 years as the wine takes on more complexity that it will be more interesting. It’s just not quite there yet. I will try and not open another bottle this decade.

10/5/2017 - Plabella Likes this wine:

this wine is perfect and could not be better. Great balance great mouth feel.

8/25/2017 - Alexander Smith Likes this wine:

@ Penfolds Wine evening at 'Les Cavistes'. Very dry tannins. This wine was very closed, after being opened 3 hours prior I was expecting more however I feel this wine was missing something. It was still great however compared to the other 389's it was disappointing. Smokey. It worked a lot better with some beautiful confit d'agneau however this is one of those wines that need some food to elevate it. If holding some of these bottles I would recommend leaving another few more years prior to opening.

4/29/2017 - rooman Likes this wine:

Lovely balance. After some notes I've read I was expecting more of a robust tannic monster but this wine is anything but that. Still not much secondary development going on but excellent balance and medium bodied, dark red fruit. Still has years to go.

4/29/2017 - rooman Likes this wine:

Tannic, unyielding, the 2010 vintage is not just not one to try early unlike the 2009 which is far more fruit drive and lush. It could easily go 15-20 years with not problem. I won't waste opening another for at least a decade.

4/21/2017 - Vancouver Likes this wine:

No formal tasting note- drank at first Passover dinner a few weeks ago with traditional fare- roast brisket of beef, beef meatballs etc.

This wine showed amazing and to my taste is fully mature. Matched very well with the rich meat dishes .

This wine is full bodied and has decadent aromas and flavors - candied red and black fruits, garrigue, herbs, tobacco etc.

I would suggest drinking up as the wine seems very ripe, but wow- what a bottle.

11/21/2016 - CamWheeler wrote:

TWE 2016 Expo: Floral, spice, iron, redcurrant and plenty of perfume here. Fine acidity with great structure and delicate fruit. Great length. Seriously impressive. Wine of the Tasting for me.

4/1/2010 - HIT wrote:

Deep purple color, but already fading on the rim. Aromatic nose with a spicy feel to it. On the palate: red berries, creme de cassis. Decent structure and finsish. Overall a pretty respectable St. Estephe '01, but on the lighter side. Drink now-2014

8/21/2015 - roboto wrote:

a perfect example of a wine that was closed on day one at (87p) anynomous, redberry-tart, herbal , the mouthfeel was high quality but the aromas were not there to support it. It was actually a quite mediocre wine. Day2 was a completely different wine: Hello Bordeaux! Clear dark berry fruit, hints of forestfloor, dark coffe, herbs, prunes. The wine is concentrated and rich with a lovely spicy texture. A wine for 2025. Not now. Not now at all.
2005 truly needs time. Wait and be rewarded.