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• Lars1974 Likes this wine: 92 points

  October 19, 2022 - Good Shiraz but a little bit over the top now. Was great 6-7 years ago.

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• Neecies Likes this wine:

  October 16, 2021 - Manny's wine. The dill and pine resin notes of American oak jump at you from the getgo and don't let go. (Might have receded somewhat if decanted longer.) Sweet, caramelly fruit make it a surprisingly good match for tiramisu. Very very good showing for a 25 year old wine, but you better love your American oak.

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• hive wrote: 92 points

  September 19, 2021 - This beautiful wine has lost a but of its fullness but otherwise still great and perfectly balanced

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• gharter Likes this wine: 94 points

  July 4, 2019 - found in the corner of my cellar. As a huge fruit bomb, I had little hope for this wne. What a surprise. PnP. Huge nose with black berry, a lot of fruit and a lot of black pepper, spices. Similar flavors. Beautiful balance. Much better than when it was young. Long silky smooth finish.
  In its youth, I never would have guessed it would have develped into such a beautiful wine. One bottle left and no hurry to open it.

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• amred wrote: 95 points

  November 14, 2018 - I have ranted in the past about Australian Shiraz from the mid 90s era...over extracted, over hyped, and over scored (see Parker). They have not aged well and epitomized the “Parker effect”. So twice I have had to eat crow, both with E and E Black Pepper. This wine (the 1996] has been sitting in the cellar since 2009...I was loathe to open it knowing it would be well over the hill.
  So. Almost no brick, sweet nose of dark fruit, but no raisin character whatsoever. In the mouth, smooth as silk, noober ripeness, still plenty of fruit and tons of...black pepper. We were honestly shocked. Hats off to BVE for this terrifically made and age worthywine.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1996
• Type Red
• Producer Barossa Valley Estate
• Varietal Shiraz
• Designation E & E Black Pepper
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Australia
• Region South Australia
• SubRegion Barossa
• Appellation Barossa Valley
• UPC Codes 811265023495, 9311347029441

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• In Cellars 230 (46%)
• Consumed 266 (54%)

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