Community Tasting Notes 6

• Collector1855 wrote: 88 points

  June 6, 2021 - Cooked dark cherry and candied sugar cane on the nose make me worried already. This gets confirmed on the palate. Lots of dark fruit, some licorice, iodine medicinal notes. Far too sweet for my palate.

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• Psdycp wrote: 93 points

  December 24, 2020 - Classic ripe plums, blue berries, vanilla oak with black peppers and bbq meats on the nose. It is a meal by itself. The same aromatic profile is found in the rich and deep palate. The spicy and sweet blue and black fruits dominate the mid-palate which is full and extensive. The structure is huge and rounded but it is not in your face, there is sufficient acidity to prevent it from becoming fat and flabby. Smooth transitions from entry to finish which has a touch of tannins to stretch it for 30 seconds. Compared to the 2005 vintage, this is more fruit forward and less spices. At its peak now and will continue to drink well for the next few years.

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• grapenomad wrote: 90 points

  April 12, 2020 - Deep, dark, thick black color with slight garnet hues. Really gets into your nostrils the moment it's cracked open - aromas of blackberry, plum, mocha and dark chocolate. Quite complex, but that's expected for a 15-year-old wine. Tannins are still very much alive - ripe and well-developed. Acidity is there, but not as crisp as seen in younger vintages. The element that's most dominant here is the chunky richness of the fruit. Yes, you get that gaminess from Syrah, but you just can't past how utterly sweet this tastes. A signature style of Clarendon, seen across all there wines.

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• barrkel wrote: 89 points

  June 1, 2019 - This is an odd wine. Advertises itself as Syrah rather than Shiraz, but the main French influence is brett rather than elegance, cool climate pepper, emphasis on terroir, etc. It tastes of typical Shiraz blueberry with a hefty dose of barnyard, savoury meaty notes, somewhat smokey bacon - brett, basically. It's quite sweet, with medium to mild tannins blending into some stems. Taste is fairly long, but it's a bit sickly. Quite peculiar to have the combination of sweet fruit with brett.
  
  I don't want to repeat the experience in this form. I love bretty Cote Rotie, thick almost like bacon gravy, but dumping a bag of sugar and blueberry syrup into the mix isn't an improvement.

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• JerM wrote: 92 points

  November 28, 2018 - Perfume, rich juicy dark ash and berries. Leafy, sustained and minty sweetness. Elegant and powerful, textural and savoury leather. Lovely depth, effortless and well-resolved!

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type Red
• Producer Clarendon Hills
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Onkaparinga
• Country Australia
• Region South Australia
• SubRegion Fleurieu
• Appellation Clarendon
• UPC Code 933586200208

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• In Cellars 86 (49%)
• Consumed 88 (51%)

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