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Community Tasting Notes 36
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munktun Does not like this wine: 83 points
January 1, 2021 - Cooked?
This was stewed fruit all the way, not in a good way, like french onion soup. Don't remember the first time drinking this so will need a tiebreaker taste -
munktun Likes this wine: 93 points
May 30, 2020 - blackberries? fruit all the way, rich and smooth not heavy on tannins
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gcarl wrote: 92 points
October 8, 2016 - A BIG wine, nose of raisins,smoke, almost port-like (in a good way). Not a dinner wine, since it would be best sipped or accompanied by a rich dessert like chocolate lava cake.
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benny wrote: 95 points
May 30, 2016 - This is one of the best Shiraz. A classic powerhouse. Has it all. Sip and enjoy.
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neurovino Does not like this wine: 88 points
January 25, 2016 - How the mighty has fallen. Age has not been kind to this wine. Tastes change, and that might explain part of my perception over the 5 year interval since my last taste. Still, the syrup and artificial boysenberry drown the barely noticeable muscular and balanced wine this once was. Should have drunk it 5 years ago.
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By Josh Raynolds
September/October 2007, IWC Issue #134 (link)(The Colonial Estate Shiraz Exile Barossa Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2005
- Type Red
- Producer The Colonial Estate
- Varietal Shiraz
- Designation Exile
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Australia
- Region South Australia
- SubRegion Barossa
- Appellation Barossa Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 7 (1%)
- In Cellars 347 (57%)
- Consumed 256 (42%)
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orange beef, toffee, vanilla ice cream with chocolate toppingsWho Likes This Wine
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- ProducerThe Colonial Estate
- VarietyShiraz
- CountryAustralia
- RegionSouth Australia
- SubRegionBarossa
- AppellationBarossa Valley
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- SubRegionBarossa
- AppellationBarossa Valley