One of the best wines I have ever had. Delicious and complex with a long dry finish. Strong flavors include licorice and dark jammy fruit. Hazzah 99/100
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Aromas of dry sweet black liquorice, cumin, Cardom spices, vanilla, dense black cherry, with warmth in front of mouthfeel, zingy acidic on the front of the palette, with very smooth sweet tannins. Long finish with a bit of dry earthyness.
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Opened 4 bottles. 3 in perfect condition, 1 flawed. Decanted for 1 hour then served with slow cooked lamb shoulder and celeriac puree. Heavy sediment in the bottle. Wine still almost purple black colour. No sign of bricking. Wonderful expressive nose of fruits of the forest. Almost jammy. Not complex but balanced and very smooth. Opened up a little in the glass. Real treat.
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dark transparent red-brown dark fruits & black olives tertiary nose medium bodied, soft firm tannins, fine balance, fine structure, medium complexity, mature, somewhat over the peak, but still enjoyable
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The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are slow. There is heavy sediment in the bottle. It smells like blueberry, blackberry, black currant (cassis), raisin, strawberry jam, coffee, vanilla, black pepper and sherry.
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Mid garnet graduating to a bricking rim. The nose shows super-ripe black fruits with liquorice, marinated blackcurrants, cloves, cinnamon and cassia root, and a vanilla pod ice cream element. Some tertiary was also poking through. Super smooth entry, the wine is hugely rich with glycerol and just about enough acidity to keep it balanced. A creamy, supple mid-palate, the tannins are ripe and seamless, and the flavours show creme de mure, blackberry, rhubarb, cassis, liquorice and overripe nectarine. Plush to the back palate with a touch more blueberry and spices appearing, this is a high-quality wine even if it doesn’t feel that complex.
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Smoky nose of rich dark fruits. Initially in mind of an old arm chair - leathery and comfortable. Dark fruits continue on the palate with a rich chocolatey mid palate. Not overly long but very enjoyable.
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I read somewhere drink through 2020 and I thought no way, but I can believe it now. Purple colour. Nose of stewed prunes and some blackberry. Palate wise I get prunes, blackberry and toasted oak, mixed with a certain sweetness. Nice smooth finish. Overall this is a fine wine to last like this at age 11 in a hot vintage - I do believe the vintage heat has left a slight impact in terms of the sweetness and prune flavour but if you appreciate the australian shiraz style you won't be disappointed.
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Wow, black fruit still dominating after 11 years... needed a good long decant, but has developed some good tertiary notes. Black fruit, vanilla, spice, medicenal notes and nice underlying earthiness. Think this will improve further, I think..
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This wine was just soooo overwhelming - the room filled up with its fruity and vanilla aromas as soon as I opened the bottle (magnum). Beautiful nose, however, sooo intense. Just could not believe it. On the palate again, very pronounced oak, black hot cherries, lots of alcohol. Left it in a decanter for 24 hours, then it started to get drinkable. For a wine of this class it needed to be more balanced, this was just too much on steroids. Cheers!
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Wine Club: Accidental Syrah Tasting (Bowling Green, OH): Wow, this is unexpectedly beautiful. The age is perfect - just enough secondary notes to mellow out what was obviously some fairly massive fruit in its youth. Very complex flavors, including some of my beloved poop.
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Manchester Offline (Choice Bar & Restaurant): A very sweet, very jammy, rather simple nose: sweet plummy fruit with some chocolate. On the palate, it's sweet and jammy with parkeresque fruit gobbiness. Good if you like this sort of thing, but it left me feeling unrewarded.
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Sweet, ripe fruit. Coffee, liquirice, tobacco. Round and mature. Well integrated tannins and acids. Excellent, but my memory of last years bottle was more to it's advantage.
Probably won't gain much on further cellaring
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Decanted 4 hours. Initially some unpleasant poopy funk on the nose. Dropped a penny in the decanter about 2 hours into the decant. When checked back, the funk was all but gone. Very structured mouthfeel, with sweet raspberry and black cherry fruit. Almost jam-like sweetness. Well-integrated tannins and acidity made this an easy drinking Shiraz. Enjoyable with dinner (vegetarian burritos), and totally quaffable, but nothing super-special.
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Nice structure, but for my palate the new wood overpowered any fruit. No change over the hour that we drank this bottle...perhaps extended decanting is needed.
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Made from low yielding Shiraz vines in the Stonewell, Kalimna, Koonunga, Ebenezer and Greenock districts of the Barossa Valley this wine is fermented and then matured for 18 months in a mixture of new French (73%) and American (27%) oak. Deep, dense, black in colour this wine is starting to show some maturity. The nose is incredibly savoury with just a hint of liquorice. The palate shows blackcurrant fruit above all others. A hint of mint and a touch of oak finish the equation. Very nice indeed.
Tasted in the Grand Tasting at the 10th Decanter Fine Wine Encounter, Landmark Hotel, London.
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11/3/2022 - MJobes Likes this wine:
Definitely feeling “aged”, but still showing some fruit and some spice. Silky and soft on the palate and a nice finish.
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6/20/2020 - travisgm Likes this wine: 99 Points
One of the best wines I have ever had. Delicious and complex with a long dry finish. Strong flavors include licorice and dark jammy fruit. Hazzah 99/100
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6/2/2019 - Ben Stewart Likes this wine: 92 Points
Aromas of dry sweet black liquorice, cumin, Cardom spices, vanilla, dense black cherry, with warmth in front of mouthfeel, zingy acidic on the front of the palette, with very smooth sweet tannins. Long finish with a bit of dry earthyness.
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8/10/2017 - maranoli Likes this wine: 91 Points
Opened 4 bottles. 3 in perfect condition, 1 flawed. Decanted for 1 hour then served with slow cooked lamb shoulder and celeriac puree. Heavy sediment in the bottle. Wine still almost purple black colour. No sign of bricking. Wonderful expressive nose of fruits of the forest. Almost jammy. Not complex but balanced and very smooth. Opened up a little in the glass. Real treat.
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6/25/2017 - Yagil wrote: 89 Points
dark transparent red-brown
dark fruits & black olives tertiary nose
medium bodied, soft firm tannins, fine balance, fine structure, medium complexity, mature, somewhat over the peak, but still enjoyable
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3/14/2015 - mirefoot Likes this wine: 85 Points
Make sure it breathes for 20 mins.
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9/7/2014 - theonlylittledog wrote: 92 Points
Still full of life. Backbone of jammy black fruit still there but softened with age.
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5/17/2014 - Rnarkiss wrote: 90 Points
The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are slow. There is heavy sediment in the bottle. It smells like blueberry, blackberry, black currant (cassis), raisin, strawberry jam, coffee, vanilla, black pepper and sherry.
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11/25/2013 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 91 Points
Mid garnet graduating to a bricking rim.
The nose shows super-ripe black fruits with liquorice, marinated blackcurrants, cloves, cinnamon and cassia root, and a vanilla pod ice cream element. Some tertiary was also poking through.
Super smooth entry, the wine is hugely rich with glycerol and just about enough acidity to keep it balanced. A creamy, supple mid-palate, the tannins are ripe and seamless, and the flavours show creme de mure, blackberry, rhubarb, cassis, liquorice and overripe nectarine. Plush to the back palate with a touch more blueberry and spices appearing, this is a high-quality wine even if it doesn’t feel that complex.
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8/9/2013 - brisbane piefan Likes this wine: 94 Points
Smoky nose of rich dark fruits. Initially in mind of an old arm chair - leathery and comfortable. Dark fruits continue on the palate with a rich chocolatey mid palate. Not overly long but very enjoyable.
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12/20/2011 - il_diavolo wrote: 90 Points
I read somewhere drink through 2020 and I thought no way, but I can believe it now. Purple colour. Nose of stewed prunes and some blackberry. Palate wise I get prunes, blackberry and toasted oak, mixed with a certain sweetness. Nice smooth finish. Overall this is a fine wine to last like this at age 11 in a hot vintage - I do believe the vintage heat has left a slight impact in terms of the sweetness and prune flavour but if you appreciate the australian shiraz style you won't be disappointed.
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3/7/2011 - Badamf Likes this wine: 90 Points
Wow, black fruit still dominating after 11 years... needed a good long decant, but has developed some good tertiary notes. Black fruit, vanilla, spice, medicenal notes and nice underlying earthiness. Think this will improve further, I think..
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1/8/2011 - AN wrote: 85 Points
This wine was just soooo overwhelming - the room filled up with its fruity and vanilla aromas as soon as I opened the bottle (magnum). Beautiful nose, however, sooo intense. Just could not believe it. On the palate again, very pronounced oak, black hot cherries, lots of alcohol. Left it in a decanter for 24 hours, then it started to get drinkable. For a wine of this class it needed to be more balanced, this was just too much on steroids. Cheers!
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12/4/2010 - The Drunken Cyclist wrote: 90 Points
Big and chewy. Tough food pairing. Great on its own, but was not a great match with the braised short ribs.
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10/3/2010 - joshwoodward wrote: 92 Points
Wine Club: Accidental Syrah Tasting (Bowling Green, OH): Wow, this is unexpectedly beautiful. The age is perfect - just enough secondary notes to mellow out what was obviously some fairly massive fruit in its youth. Very complex flavors, including some of my beloved poop.
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5/29/2010 - respfinch wrote: 86 Points
Underwhelmed, especially when you consider the price point. Found the much cheaper Futures to be a better drink.
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11/6/2009 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 87 Points
Manchester Offline (Choice Bar & Restaurant): A very sweet, very jammy, rather simple nose: sweet plummy fruit with some chocolate. On the palate, it's sweet and jammy with parkeresque fruit gobbiness. Good if you like this sort of thing, but it left me feeling unrewarded.
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10/18/2009 - docwine2 wrote: 90 Points
Sweet, ripe fruit. Coffee, liquirice, tobacco. Round and mature. Well integrated tannins and acids. Excellent, but my memory of last years bottle was more to it's advantage.
Probably won't gain much on further cellaring
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3/28/2009 - RPerro wrote: 90 Points
Decanted 4 hours. Initially some unpleasant poopy funk on the nose. Dropped a penny in the decanter about 2 hours into the decant. When checked back, the funk was all but gone. Very structured mouthfeel, with sweet raspberry and black cherry fruit. Almost jam-like sweetness. Well-integrated tannins and acidity made this an easy drinking Shiraz. Enjoyable with dinner (vegetarian burritos), and totally quaffable, but nothing super-special.
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9/14/2008 - khmark7 wrote: 85 Points
Nice structure, but for my palate the new wood overpowered any fruit. No change over the hour that we drank this bottle...perhaps extended decanting is needed.
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11/19/2006 - jamieirving wrote: 90 Points
Made from low yielding Shiraz vines in the Stonewell, Kalimna, Koonunga, Ebenezer and Greenock districts of the Barossa Valley this wine is fermented and then matured for 18 months in a mixture of new French (73%) and American (27%) oak. Deep, dense, black in colour this wine is starting to show some maturity. The nose is incredibly savoury with just a hint of liquorice. The palate shows blackcurrant fruit above all others. A hint of mint and a touch of oak finish the equation. Very nice indeed.
Tasted in the Grand Tasting at the 10th Decanter Fine Wine Encounter, Landmark Hotel, London.
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11/9/2006 - Wrighty wrote: 86 Points
Watson's World Wine Week tasting - 06 (Marriot Hotel, Hong Kong): A very fumey, sickly nose which spoilt the lovely structured palate.
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