Community Tasting Notes 16

• NoelB Likes this wine: 92 points

  October 17, 2022 - Getting old, but still very good.

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• gb1406 Likes this wine: 90 points

  January 13, 2022 - Well past its drinking best but still quite lively. Brownish colour and heaps of brandy tones on the nose. Some fruit but mainly earthy, leathery and lingering. Have a '99 to try next.

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• peter.mancell@mfg.com.au Likes this wine: 94 points

  February 14, 2016 - Still drinking magnificently despite its 18 years.
  Deep inky colour, lovely mouth coating but still some acidity to lift the palate. Lots of dark fruit, nice spice too and a very long finish.
  Sad it's the last of the line for us ....but younger siblings await!

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• Marc wrote: 90 points

  September 12, 2015 - Dinner for Simon and Allison (Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand): Big and rich - certainly the product of a warm vintage. Resolved tannins, but still comes across as young. Coconut American oak adds a warm background to the very complex fruit and tertiary character. Beautifully modulated and silky smooth. This is a wonderful Aussie shiraz.

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• graemeg wrote:

  August 4, 2014 - NobleRottersSydney - Mostly Torbreck magnums (360 Bar & Dining, Sydney): {cork, 14%} (Ronnie) This was brought just as a contrast to the Barossa Torbrecks, and would it be rude to say I think I preferred it to all of them? Showing a little age, but still offering plenty of spiced blackberry, earth and sandalwood aromas. Similar palate; savoury and polished; dry, with medium dusty tannins, medium/full body and a classy seasoning of French oak. There’s a better balance of fruit and acid/tannin structure here than the preceding wines. Even palate, with presence all along the tongue; medium-long finish; great Victorian shiraz with another decade ahead of it at least. Really good.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1998
• Type Red
• Producer Dalwhinnie
• Varietal Shiraz
• Designation Moonambel
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Australia
• Region Victoria
• SubRegion Western Victoria
• Appellation Pyrenees

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• In Cellars 46 (57%)
• Consumed 35 (43%)

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