Community Tasting Notes 26

• grapenomad wrote: 94 points

  November 13, 2021 - This was brought over by a guest last night in Meatsmith. I didn't have high hopes for it because the storage of these 90s wines in Singapore is all over the place. But man, was this gem singing! Cork comes out with ease. Pours deep garnet in the glass with a chunk of sediment. The nose is developed to the fullest, showing notes of prune, cooked blackberry, strawberry, some sweet spices and slight hints of button mushrooms. What amazed me the most is that even after sitting in the glass for a couple of hours, this wine was still holding its shit together gracefully, a rare occurrence in old Shiraz. At its peak right now, but this is Mt. Everest peak. Drinking stunningly well, Heathcote just does it better.

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• rgawlowski Likes this wine: 94 points

  April 11, 2020 - Very savory and aromatic; strong fruit, sweet flavors; excellent nose and finish; high alcohol but not hot.

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• jmht wrote: 95 points

  November 9, 2019 - I think there's much bottle variation with the bottles of this vintage I've been consuming lately. But this one bottle was on in spectacular fashion... intense nose with purity of black and red fruits, hint of graphite and floral touches, palate of black cherry, raspberry, spicy mid palate and long long long balanced finish. Simply stunning and blew the socks off other spectacular wines that night... the sommelier at the restaurant thanked me for the wine that as he put it... "I kept inhaling it throughout (your dinner)."

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• AnonymousCoward Likes this wine: 89 points

  July 30, 2018 - Aniseed, tar, leather, wood chips and stewed fruit on the nose. Very fine tannins, smooth mouthfeel on the palate. The finish is of savoury spices, slightly port-like notes, slightly astringent. There’s a bit of heat from the 15.5% ABV, but it’s not too bad. On the downhill run IMHO.

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• B Bonnie wrote: 92 points

  February 9, 2018 - Raspberry, chicory, conplex herbs . Even and long palate, sweet fruited texture and grainy mineral finish .

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1998
• Type Red
• Producer Jasper Hill
• Varietal Shiraz
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Georgia's Paddock
• Country Australia
• Region Victoria
• SubRegion Central Victoria
• Appellation Heathcote

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• In Cellars 260 (60%)
• Consumed 173 (40%)

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