After over 1 1/2 hours this wine isn't disappointing me at all. More berry flavours noticeable now and spicy plum. And chocolate coffee flavours too. A little hint of vanilla, but only just. But the finish ... very generous, the flavours just linger in the mouth with a touch of tannin puckering. Not sure why three bottles have already gone from the box as this is peak drinking now, and will be for a few more years.
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Drinking beautifully right now. Complex wine with melting tannins, dried red and blue fruits, game, black and white pepper and silky mouth feel. Amazing long finish that kept going over a minute. Delicious expression of Syrah from an iconic producer.
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Nez complexe, boisé, réglisse, cuir. En bouche, tout en équilibre, ample, puissant et longue finale sur le fruit et le cuir. Devrait tenir encore plusieurs années
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(Blind tasting) Full, deep nose. Ripe plum, almost jammy. Oaky. Vanilla and coconut. Some tertiary hints of tobacco. Full and concentrated palate. Extremely fruity on the verge of jammy, but gives way at the last second. Tell-tale eucayptus, oak, cedar, nuts and violets. Still youthful, up-front fruit. Wait for more complexity. We have been impressed with RWT in the past, but this was more caricature Barossa shiraz. But the quality is there.
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Dense sweet nose of blue/black fruit, vanilla, spices with great maturity barnyard complexity. Full bodied, almost oily with great fruit and vitality. Hints of salt licorice, earth. Lovely lingering finish. Great but on the heavy side of things. 92-93p
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Becoming paler with age when compared with the 2012 but still a vibrant colour. Like all the reds tasted together, the wine had been double decanted 2h before but there were still some slightly vegetal hints on the palate at first. These cleared in the glass and the palate showed attractive dark fruit with soft maturity. Leathery, savoury characteristics developed. A classy wine that still has life. There was some variation among the 6 bottles opened on the night. 92- Tasted at Grand Union Wine Society with Sam Stephens, EU Brand Ambassador, Penfolds Wines.
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Better than our last bottle 18 months ago. Seems a bit more lifted, vibrant. Nose of smoke and blueberry pie with black raspberry fruit and bacon on the palate. Am hopeful that this can become more interesting with further maturity.
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Terroir-istes International - Australia-Penfolds Mini Verticals (Klein Constantia): (Tasted Blind): A deep black-red wine with a purple rim. Complex aromas of blackcurrant, earth, black plum and redcurrant mingled with secondary notes of caramel, toffee, oak and vanilla. Enters the palate with a silky texture, concentrated fruit, and integrated acidity. It has lovely development with powdery tannins, a lengthy mid-palate and a vibrant fruit character. The alcohol was warming on the finish, which was a little distracting. Powerful wine.
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Welcome to Primetime! All the top review sites are claiming this 2000 RWT (Red Winemaking Trial) to be at the end of its life, however I'd have to disagree. Though it may not be improving anymore I don't see how this won't be great in another 5 years. Oozing huge blueberry notes right off the bat, this Aussie Shiraz is here to party. Dark fruits/berries, BBQ meat and tar reign supreme. This is a huge wine but very polished and well rounded.
Good plummy color with plum and vanilla on the nose with a bit of smoke. Strong, jammy fruit on the palate that turns especially sappy on the low-acid finish like the aftertaste of one of those chocolates with the runny cherry center. Couldn't drink a second glass.
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Impenetrably dark colour. No bricking, some transparency on edge. Youthful plum, cedary nose. Plush, well integrated, satiny smooth entry. Dark fruit, suitably restrained fruitcake and lingering finish. Tannins well-integrated. Still youthful with many years ahead of it.
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Forward, generous and ready to rock. Has sweet blueberry and currant fruit. The oak has a little vanilla to it and there's a hint of earthy development. It is full, sweet and accessible with decent length.
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A bit of bricking at the edges. Very pleasantly aeromatic nose- cedar and white truffle. Smooth as silk on the palate. The fruit has begun to fade a bit, allowing some nice earthy, leathery flavors to come through. Almost delicate for a shiraz. Very nice. Drink up.
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NobleRottersSydney - Penfolds & Henschke - Top Shelf Shiraz (Alio's, Surry Hills): [14%, cork] {Gordon} Opened just prior to dinner. For all Penfolds vast Barossa resources, even they can’t escape the vagarities of vintage. Resolutely ruby in colour. The nose here is dominated by confected-smelling, stewed & sweet strawberry jam notes, with underlying cedary oak aromas. There is youthfully ripe fruit on the palate, although with a brittleness to it; there’s a vaguely green note that seems to run beneath the fruit flavours. Oak is more dominant on the palate than the nose, and as flavour rather than texture, even if the chalky tannins are nicely scaled. Otherwise the wine is generally medium in scale, and ought to keep for another 5-10 years; it’s hard to escape the conclusion that it will never really amount to very much. My advice is to drink up.
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Terroir-istes International - Australia-Penfolds (Rodwell House): 60% new french oak. Mid-deep garnet, the aromas are deep and gently perfumed with white and milk chocolate, tar, white pepper, mint and eucalypt. A more elegant wine given the context, there is a brightness to the entry, savoury edges of an old world yet full and robust of Australia. The wine is quite extracted, richly texture and filled with chocolate, black fruits and baking spices. Great length, layered, profound almost?
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Magnificent. Has aged beautifully and reckon it has a few more years left in it too. Savoury dark chocolate and black fruit aromas. Some vanilla and cream too. Palate is nicely silky smooth with rich spicy fruity and excellent length. Super acidity and integrated tannin.
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Ruby red in color, wonderful cassis aroma with earthy spice, some oak with a smoke quality. Taste was balanced and smooth, long linger. Also had a 04 Kongsgaard Syrah as a comparison wine which was a block buster compared to the RWT which has mellowed. This was Second time I have tasted this wine and it got better with another year of age.
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Oak. Oak. Oak. Decent underlying fruit, but this wine is completely dominated by oak and therefore I can't imagine it improving with age. Enjoyable, but I've had better bottles at half the price.
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deep dark burgundy center, starting to brown at edges, slight silver hue Nose: well integrated tannins, mild mint, mild cherriesm mild earth, oaky and full Pal: burnt cherries, oak, vanilla, wet earth, dark chocolate Feel: round and full Finish: very long TC10
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NobleRottersSydney - Lots of birthdays this year (Lucio's, Paddington): The RWT showed a contrasting nose of ripe raspberry, jammy, fruit with meaty overtones. On the palate it’s young, spicy-sweet and tannic all at once. The rich fruit smoothly coats all the palate – tannins are fine and subtle. An attractive and classy wine – but I wouldn’t pay the asking price…
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2004 WS Wine Experience: 2003 Top Ten: Rated #6. Represented on the dais by chief winemaker, Peter Gago. RWT is exclusively made from 60 to 100 year-old vines in the Barossa, 60% from Penfolds-owned estates and 40% from local growers. Gago said that 2000 was the most difficult vintage in Barossa since 1974. The wine is aged in 60% new Light-Medium Toast French oak (no American oak like Grange). They actually make less RWT than they do of the Grange. Very tasty blueberry and mulberry flavors. Said Gago: “We look for spice, but not black spice in the RWT. It is very approachable, but could easily last for a decade or more. The wine has a nice succulence without the high alcohol (only 13.8%) and extracts.” Well done. $65.
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Deep dark purple. Huge aroma of cassis liqueur and a hint of spice. Ripe black fruit, not too jammy, with nice earthy spice. Round and balanced but sturdy. 11/04
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This was a very good wine. Bit of alcohol on the first aroma, but came in nice and smooth and not shy. Very big to start. Then after a pause, there's a strong spice and almost fire on the finish that lasts for a long while. I would wait a couple of years before drinking another one.
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4/9/2022 - kimcot Likes this wine: 93 Points
After over 1 1/2 hours this wine isn't disappointing me at all. More berry flavours noticeable now and spicy plum. And chocolate coffee flavours too. A little hint of vanilla, but only just. But the finish ... very generous, the flavours just linger in the mouth with a touch of tannin puckering. Not sure why three bottles have already gone from the box as this is peak drinking now, and will be for a few more years.
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8/17/2021 - Freestringy wrote:
Cork broke off, wine over due but drinkable
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6/4/2021 - Gaurav_Tiwari Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drinking beautifully right now. Complex wine with melting tannins, dried red and blue fruits, game, black and white pepper and silky mouth feel. Amazing long finish that kept going over a minute. Delicious expression of Syrah from an iconic producer.
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5/29/2021 - RD59 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Plenty of fruit, smooth as silk, structure, depth is fading I feel. Ready to drink and I would another today.
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5/8/2020 - Renevin Likes this wine: 94 Points
Nez complexe, boisé, réglisse, cuir. En bouche, tout en équilibre, ample, puissant et longue finale sur le fruit et le cuir. Devrait tenir encore plusieurs années
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5/1/2020 - jlgnml wrote: 92 Points
Wonderful color, lots of mature berries, all together really good.
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10/2/2019 - SimonPh Likes this wine: 92 Points
Excellent well balanced Barossa shiraz, with French oak adding elegance. At a plateau but no signs of weakening.
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5/18/2019 - Argrath wrote: 92 Points
(Blind tasting)
Full, deep nose. Ripe plum, almost jammy. Oaky. Vanilla and coconut. Some tertiary hints of tobacco.
Full and concentrated palate. Extremely fruity on the verge of jammy, but gives way at the last second. Tell-tale eucayptus, oak, cedar, nuts and violets. Still youthful, up-front fruit. Wait for more complexity.
We have been impressed with RWT in the past, but this was more caricature Barossa shiraz. But the quality is there.
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11/25/2016 - Mascarello59 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dense sweet nose of blue/black fruit, vanilla, spices with great maturity barnyard complexity. Full bodied, almost oily with great fruit and vitality. Hints of salt licorice, earth. Lovely lingering finish. Great but on the heavy side of things. 92-93p
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11/11/2016 - johnrm Likes this wine: 92 Points
Becoming paler with age when compared with the 2012 but still a vibrant colour. Like all the reds tasted together, the wine had been double decanted 2h before but there were still some slightly vegetal hints on the palate at first. These cleared in the glass and the palate showed attractive dark fruit with soft maturity. Leathery, savoury characteristics developed. A classy wine that still has life. There was some variation among the 6 bottles opened on the night. 92-
Tasted at Grand Union Wine Society with Sam Stephens, EU Brand Ambassador, Penfolds Wines.
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11/3/2016 - Neecies Likes this wine:
Better than our last bottle 18 months ago. Seems a bit more lifted, vibrant. Nose of smoke and blueberry pie with black raspberry fruit and bacon on the palate. Am hopeful that this can become more interesting with further maturity.
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9/5/2016 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 91 Points
Terroir-istes International - Australia-Penfolds Mini Verticals (Klein Constantia): (Tasted Blind): A deep black-red wine with a purple rim. Complex aromas of blackcurrant, earth, black plum and redcurrant mingled with secondary notes of caramel, toffee, oak and vanilla.
Enters the palate with a silky texture, concentrated fruit, and integrated acidity. It has lovely development with powdery tannins, a lengthy mid-palate and a vibrant fruit character. The alcohol was warming on the finish, which was a little distracting. Powerful wine.
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10/20/2015 - Whistler Whino Likes this wine: 96 Points
Welcome to Primetime! All the top review sites are claiming this 2000 RWT (Red Winemaking Trial) to be at the end of its life, however I'd have to disagree. Though it may not be improving anymore I don't see how this won't be great in another 5 years. Oozing huge blueberry notes right off the bat, this Aussie Shiraz is here to party. Dark fruits/berries, BBQ meat and tar reign supreme. This is a huge wine but very polished and well rounded.
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3/2/2015 - Neecies Does not like this wine: 83 Points
Good plummy color with plum and vanilla on the nose with a bit of smoke. Strong, jammy fruit on the palate that turns especially sappy on the low-acid finish like the aftertaste of one of those chocolates with the runny cherry center. Couldn't drink a second glass.
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7/19/2014 - SadEdjo Likes this wine: 91 Points
Impenetrably dark colour. No bricking, some transparency on edge. Youthful plum, cedary nose. Plush, well integrated, satiny smooth entry. Dark fruit, suitably restrained fruitcake and lingering finish. Tannins well-integrated. Still youthful with many years ahead of it.
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12/13/2013 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Forward, generous and ready to rock. Has sweet blueberry and currant fruit. The oak has a little vanilla to it and there's a hint of earthy development. It is full, sweet and accessible with decent length.
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12/13/2013 - elsonyeung Likes this wine: 94 Points
2-3 hours and was ready, opened right up. Full, not too much spice. A great wine.
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11/18/2012 - greavsie wrote: 93 Points
Finally come of age..great drinking now
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9/16/2012 - Scruff wrote: flawed
corked.. after 8 years in the cellar :-/
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3/27/2012 - mjf@ulkner wrote: 91 Points
A bit of bricking at the edges. Very pleasantly aeromatic nose- cedar and white truffle. Smooth as silk on the palate. The fruit has begun to fade a bit, allowing some nice earthy, leathery flavors to come through. Almost delicate for a shiraz. Very nice. Drink up.
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8/4/2011 - Preed wrote: 94 Points
Complex. Smooth. Velvety
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7/31/2010 - BigJ wrote: 92 Points
in lieu of writing a full note, I agree pretty much completely with Graeme G!
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7/5/2010 - graemeg Likes this wine:
NobleRottersSydney - Penfolds & Henschke - Top Shelf Shiraz (Alio's, Surry Hills): [14%, cork] {Gordon} Opened just prior to dinner. For all Penfolds vast Barossa resources, even they can’t escape the vagarities of vintage. Resolutely ruby in colour. The nose here is dominated by confected-smelling, stewed & sweet strawberry jam notes, with underlying cedary oak aromas. There is youthfully ripe fruit on the palate, although with a brittleness to it; there’s a vaguely green note that seems to run beneath the fruit flavours. Oak is more dominant on the palate than the nose, and as flavour rather than texture, even if the chalky tannins are nicely scaled. Otherwise the wine is generally medium in scale, and ought to keep for another 5-10 years; it’s hard to escape the conclusion that it will never really amount to very much. My advice is to drink up.
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6/7/2010 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 92 Points
Terroir-istes International - Australia-Penfolds (Rodwell House): 60% new french oak. Mid-deep garnet, the aromas are deep and gently perfumed with white and milk chocolate, tar, white pepper, mint and eucalypt.
A more elegant wine given the context, there is a brightness to the entry, savoury edges of an old world yet full and robust of Australia. The wine is quite extracted, richly texture and filled with chocolate, black fruits and baking spices. Great length, layered, profound almost?
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4/10/2010 - WildeMeeuw wrote: 83 Points
Penfolds Grange among Australias greatest (Heemstede - Rest. Southern Cross): 2000 Penfolds Shiraz RWT (Australië, South Australië, Barossa, Barossa Valley) Kleur: Vol robijnrood Aroma / bouquet: Super uitgesproken en krachtig, kruidig, donker gebrand fruit, beetje 'soepig', gekookte groenten, Smaak / Afdronk: Zwoel-zoetig, zacht zuur, ronde / krachtige tannines. Algemeen / potentieel: Mooi 50 + Kleur: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 8 + Smaak / Afdronk: 13 + Algemeen / potentieel: 7 = 83/100
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2/20/2010 - moods wrote: 95 Points
Magnificent. Has aged beautifully and reckon it has a few more years left in it too. Savoury dark chocolate and black fruit aromas. Some vanilla and cream too. Palate is nicely silky smooth with rich spicy fruity and excellent length. Super acidity and integrated tannin.
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12/13/2009 - annrick wrote: 90 Points
Silky smooth. Red raspberry, cedar, dark chocolate on the nose and palate.
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12/1/2009 - govols wrote: 92 Points
Really good wine and great with steak dinner. Decanted over 1.5 hours, started big and smoothed out over dinner. Plenty of life left in this one.
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2/10/2009 - jeff nowak wrote:
double blind. oak, alcohol, atringent, bitter...everything but fruit. what a night!
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2/10/2009 - kstoddard wrote:
Blind Night (Scott): Blackberry nose. Tastes of soy sauce, black cherry, charred oak and earth. Dry and rustic. Green and bitter on the finish.
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2/10/2009 - mattiasjansson wrote:
Red fruit. Green. Off bottle?
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2/10/2009 - jivey wrote: 91 Points
Cedar, pepper smooth plum, bing cherry dusty chocolate finish.
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12/16/2007 - mcneil7 wrote: 94 Points
Ruby red in color, wonderful cassis aroma with earthy spice, some oak with a smoke quality. Taste was balanced and smooth, long linger. Also had a 04 Kongsgaard Syrah as a comparison wine which was a block buster compared to the RWT which has mellowed. This was Second time I have tasted this wine and it got better with another year of age.
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10/15/2006 - jeffbramwell wrote: 90 Points
Oak. Oak. Oak. Decent underlying fruit, but this wine is completely dominated by oak and therefore I can't imagine it improving with age. Enjoyable, but I've had better bottles at half the price.
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10/2/2006 - Frijole wrote:
deep dark burgundy center, starting to brown at edges, slight silver hue
Nose: well integrated tannins, mild mint, mild cherriesm mild earth, oaky and full
Pal: burnt cherries, oak, vanilla, wet earth, dark chocolate
Feel: round and full
Finish: very long
TC10
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11/6/2005 - mls wrote: 92 Points
Nice balance, plum, leather,earth and spice. Long finish, very nice. I think it will continue to improve.
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2/7/2005 - graemeg wrote:
NobleRottersSydney - Lots of birthdays this year (Lucio's, Paddington): The RWT showed a contrasting nose of ripe raspberry, jammy, fruit with meaty overtones. On the palate it’s young, spicy-sweet and tannic all at once. The rich fruit smoothly coats all the palate – tannins are fine and subtle. An attractive and classy wine – but I wouldn’t pay the asking price…
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11/6/2004 - otisabdul wrote: 93 Points
2004 WS Wine Experience: 2003 Top Ten: Rated #6. Represented on the dais by chief winemaker, Peter Gago. RWT is exclusively made from 60 to 100 year-old vines in the Barossa, 60% from Penfolds-owned estates and 40% from local growers. Gago said that 2000 was the most difficult vintage in Barossa since 1974. The wine is aged in 60% new Light-Medium Toast French oak (no American oak like Grange). They actually make less RWT than they do of the Grange. Very tasty blueberry and mulberry flavors. Said Gago: “We look for spice, but not black spice in the RWT. It is very approachable, but could easily last for a decade or more. The wine has a nice succulence without the high alcohol (only 13.8%) and extracts.” Well done. $65.
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11/1/2004 - winefool wrote: 93 Points
Deep dark purple. Huge aroma of cassis liqueur and a hint of spice. Ripe black fruit, not too jammy, with nice earthy spice. Round and balanced but sturdy. 11/04
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4/21/2004 - Hillel wrote: 93 Points
This was a very good wine. Bit of alcohol on the first aroma, but came in nice and smooth and not shy. Very big to start. Then after a pause, there's a strong spice and almost fire on the finish that lasts for a long while. I would wait a couple of years before drinking another one.
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