Community Tasting Notes 10

• DrinkerTrev wrote:

  July 15, 2018 - The last bottle I Had of this wine '97 was crap. This one was fantastic.Well aged with not much room for improvement left. Cork was in as new condition. Soft pepper nose. Light tannin and berry fruit aftertaste.

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• DrinkerTrev wrote:

  November 3, 2017 - Wine was off, Should last more than 20 years.

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• jmht wrote: 93 points

  May 29, 2011 - Holy sh-t! So much better than when I last tasted it Aug. 2009-- then it was hot and disjointed-- now it is the Jasper Hill that I recall-- huge nose of brooding, dark fruit, palate of sweet black fruit, eucalyptus and mint, graphite, and grip galore. Decanted 6 hours before drinking.

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• jmht wrote: 89 points

  August 18, 2009 - My first less than stellar Jasper Hill ever. It seemed slightly hot, disjointed, and lacked the majestic depth of black fruits, graphite, and earth that all other JH bottles have delivered. Not a bad bottle, just not great.

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• graemeg wrote:

  June 8, 2009 - NobleRottersSydney - Langtons Classification (Alio's, Surry Hills): [cork, 15.5%]Now the oak monster’s crashed the party [98 Octavius, 94 E&E Black Pepper, 95 Eileen Hardy], we can welcome his buddy the alcohol-breathing dragon. Don’t open this bottle near an open flame. This even smells hot, with the singeing, mulled aromas searing straight up the nose. The heat on the palate obliterates everything else, leaving flat, near-musty flavours on the back-half of the palate, and just a fiery warmth on the front. I didn’t detect obvious closure/storage problems, it just seemed to be a desperately unbalanced wine aging with little dignity or integrity. Never had (in my admittedly limited experience ) a Jasper Hill wine that’s impressed me; I find it an emperor with no clothes, sadly.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1997
• 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 135 (57%)
• Consumed 101 (43%)

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