Community Tasting Note

lizeneca wrote:

Sunday, July 24, 2011 - Drank over the course of about four hours, but didn't decant. At the start, just felt sort of weightless: it was showing fruit, tannin, etc, on the outside, but just felt empty in the mouth. By the last glass, all of those external characteristics - particularly the intense, dark fruit - were deeply amplified - but that helium-like weightlessness was still there. I guess it's just the mouth feel - similar to other Aussie shirazes I've had - that kills it for me. The velvety softness of it seems incongruous with the blast of fruit and tannin. Not my style. Although I liked this better than the 2002 Elderton Command I had last night, that wine seemed to have a better sense of self - the Command was languid, soft, and lazily volutuous to its core - while the Bellas Garden seems intense and vibrant on its face, with no core or heart to back that up.

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