Community Tasting Notes 4

• StewartWent wrote: 89 points

  December 10, 2015 - This is a modest label by most opinion but in my experience consistently 'good' and can handle age. This is in an absolute sweet spot at nearly 7 years of age. Clean fruit, good depth, uncomplicated but in no way dumb. A little spice to finish. Drink now.

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• peterchoy wrote: 85 points

  October 28, 2012 - Appearance: Bright and clear, deep ruby in color, with paler rims and legs.
  Nose: Clean, medium intensity, with developing aromas of blackberry, black cherry, mint, eucalyptus, black pepper, vanilla and cloves.
  Palate: Dry with medium and lively acidity, medium (+) tannin of ripe and soft texture, the wine has medium (+) alcohol and medium (+) body, showing medium intensity flavors of black cherry, blackberry, black pepper, cedar and vanilla, finishing with medium length.
  Conclusion: Acceptable quality mid-priced inexpensive Shiraz with a reasonably intense nose of fair complexity, the wine is fairly warming in alcohol, but having the acidity to balance the body and high tannin level, in balance overall. The palate is reasonably intense with fair complexity, and finishing with a reasonable length. Ready to drink now and can benefit from further ageing of another 1-2 years.

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• admid wrote: 77 points

  March 17, 2012 - App: Dark purpl red
  Aroma: Dark forrest berries, spices and oak
  Full bodied smooth structure. High level of alcohol gives a hot palate and a jammy feeling. Also too heavy oaked.
  Medium length

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• forceberry wrote: 76 points

  March 7, 2012 - Dark, purple red color. Youthful and powerful nose with burnt oak, butterscotch, smoke, tar, vanilla, prunes and some notes of currants and blackberries. Initially rather dominated by oak, which only gets worse once the wine opens up. Lots of oak, oak and some more oak on the palate: dry, coarse woody notes, heavy vanilla extract, fudge and cocoa. Some traces of jammy dark fruits can by barely noticed. Fullbodied, yet nicely balanced out by fresh acidity. Rather warm and alcoholic, but not that tannic. Quite short finish with pepper, some steeliness and a touch of eucalyptus. Only notes of smoke and toffee linger on.
  
  Despite its surprisingly fresh body, the wine was not really my cup of tea, thanks to overwhelming oakiness; it was nigh impossible to find anything under oak extraction of this level - it actually didn't matter that much what grape this wine was made from. This is a wine for the oakophilic friends of in-your-face new world reds; not for oakophobics like me. I wouldn't say the wine was worth its price of 14,68€.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer Brown Brothers
• Varietal Shiraz
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Australia
• Region Victoria
• SubRegion Central Victoria
• Appellation n/a

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• In Cellars 9 (33%)
• Consumed 18 (67%)

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