Community Tasting Note

indiscriminate palate wrote:

Thursday, June 7, 2007 - After one oxidized bottle, this one still had the slightest brown edges, but seemed okay. Decanted about one hour. Deep purple color, brick at edges. Parker notes "creosote" which, for the first time, actually makes sense (irony - Leslie is off banning creosote for NY, so today's children will not recognize the smell in future cuvees). Also vanilla, fruit syrup. Medium to full bodied. Immediate sweetness quickly yields to lots of acidity. Long, citrusy finish with light, balanced,"puckery" tannins. Shiraz kept well in check by the Cab. Another bottle, two weeks later, was pop-and-pour, seemed bigger, more jammy and hot, typical over-the-top Australian shiraz than the last one. Score is for the decanted bottle.

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