April 9, 2023 - Cork, 14% alc. Signed by Penfolds winemaker, Peter Taylor. Auction purchase in the early 2000s.
Medium garnet/ pale ruby. Some bricking.
Level into neck. Cork damp all through, and completely disintegrated upon opening with an Ah-So. minimal ullage.
Sweet, damp earth, cherry, blueberry, leather, licorice, light soy sauce. Hewn oak.
Tannins largely resolved, slightly grainy. Savoury and dusty palate with dried sour edged fruit. Acidic line. Losing some fruit, and likely over the crest, but still life left. A bottle by bottle proposition at this age.
May 19, 2021 - Probably not going to improve much from here. Nice aged red. Minimal ullage, cork came out in one piece successfully. Moderate bricking. Fruit fading slightly with some smoky cigar box notes coming through.
April 4, 2021 - {cork, 14%} Aging, bricking note to the colour. Decanted off a fair amount of sediment. Cork half damp, ullage fine. Nose a bit acetic, leathery. All very tertiary. Palate is very advanced, a bit ‘generic old wine’, with leather and rotting fruit, aged strawberries, maybe. Trembly acidity, faded tannins. Medium weight, with a medium length but not very seductive finish. On this instance, on the downslope.
November 12, 2020 - 12th Nob 2020: on its last legs, will not improve any further...drink up remaining bottles!
August 1, 2020 - Level in to the neck. Cork barely soaked.
Dark garnet. Black fruits and a touch of spice on the nose. Elegant and refined palate, integrated tannins are in the background. There’s so much to like here. It builds in the glass and seems to gain momentum over a few hours. This bottle was singing.
April 18, 2020 - - Garnet color with medium forming legs. It's balanced with a medium/full body. Polished texture with a medium finish.
January 6, 2020 - Very smooth and subtle; mild, sweet fruit; excellent finish.
October 10, 2019 - Lovely wine. Plenty of life left in this but I'd drink it now.
July 19, 2019 - 19th July 2019
Decanted for 30mins; didn’t take long to open and breathe.
Colour is dark, no sign of age...but not big in fruits either...wine comes across as very balanced, aged well over the years...very elegant finish....still can cellar for a few more years..
November 10, 2018 - Remarkably fresh, bright and vibrant. Some real depth of savoury and sawdust notes under the fruit, dark berry of course. Heavy sediment - decanting vital. Shame I only had one.