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• Fatdoi Likes this wine: 93 points

  April 2, 2021 - sweet Barossa cab sav bomb with hint of oak and the rest is pure berry juice

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• I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine Likes this wine: 94 points

  December 12, 2020 - Zooming along with 10+ year old wines!: Zooming Along with 10+ Year Old Wines
  
  Wines Tasted:
  2009 Raymond Generations Cabernet
  2010 Syzygy Saros Red
  2004 Two Hands Aphrodite Cabernet
  2002 Charles Noellat Gervay Chambertin 1er Cru
  2005 Chateau Clerc Milon
  Blueprint Sauvignon Blanc (starter)
  2006 Domaine Cauhape (dessert)
  
  Scoring: Group's WOTN - Tie between 2009 Raymond Generations and 2004 Aphrodite; #3 - 2010 Syzygy Saros Red
  My Order: WOTN - 2009 Raymond, #2 - 2004 Aphrodite, #3 - 2010 Syzygy Saros, #4 2005 - Clerc Milon, #5 - 2002 Charles Noellat Gervay Chambertin 1er Cru
  Note: All wines showed very well, and overall, it was an excellent tasting!
  
  Prep: Wines were not decanted ahead of time. All wines were poured into jars for transport around 4:00, transported, poured into glasses around 6:30 and consumed over the next 2-3 hours.
  
  Review:
  2004 Two Hands Aphrodite - I was surprised when this wine was revealed. It is still tasting quite young! I actually thought this was the Raymond. The nose was perfumed, but definitely showed dark fruit, including plum and dark cherries, with oak and vanilla. The palate followed suit, but also had a eucalyptus and pepper note that popped up periodically throughout the tasting. Initially, I thought Syrah or Shiraz, but none of the wines had any Syrah in them. Then I thought maybe the Saros, as some Spanish wines feature oak and the Saros is a also a blend. I went off the Saros, as the finish seemed to point to Cabernet, so my final guess was the Raymond. This wine had the longest finish of all the wines tasted, and it went on for a long time, starting with sweet fruit, then turning a little more tart, and finishing with some sweet vanilla oak. Very tasty, and no hurry to drink, but it is drinking remarkably well now....still a pretty big, fruit forward wine (which I like), but with tertiary flavors, which came in waves (which I also like). 93+ to 94, no problem!

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• zinnut wrote: 95 points

  March 23, 2019 - Wow!! This is amazing.

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• jsebiri wrote:

  February 3, 2018 - Still a gem, this wine has a similarity to other cab's I have tasted from Oz, a pleasant pepper thing going on. Excellent wine. Should have bought more.

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• Andrew67 wrote: 90 points

  July 5, 2016 - Big wine with lots of fruit intensity. Not really what I would look for in a Cabernet. Still it had some redeeming features, including tannins that were present enough to balance the fruit to a degree. Won't buy this again, but nice enough.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2004
• Type Red
• Producer Two Hands
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation Aphrodite
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Australia
• Region South Australia
• SubRegion Barossa
• Appellation Barossa Valley
• UPC Code 9331727015994

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• Pending Delivery 13 (4%)
• In Cellars 174 (52%)
• Consumed 150 (45%)

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