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Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - Aussie Gems (Smith & Wollensky - Washington, DC): This is a very young 18 year old wine, but quite a delicious one. The nose sporting cassis, blackberry, blueberry, eucalyptus, with hints of brighter red cherry fruit, baking spice, and touches of cedar, leather and campfire. There is evident tannin that is yet to resolve, but I still found the wine to be fairly expressive. On the palate, there is substantial tannic structure with less in the way of secondary notes. I found primarily dark blue and black fruits with just hints of tobacco, meat drippings and leather. Long finish and complex finish, but evident tannin giving this some room to grow. I would love to revisit this in 10 more years, lots of potential for improvement when this is fully mature.

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