Intense dark cherry, vanilla, cedar, and oak on the nose. Took about an hour to 90 minutes to open up and release these aromas. They are well integrated. In the mouth I can still taste cherry but it is hidden behind a layer of sweet floral candy - a very light musk stick lolly taste. After that the saltiness and an almost iiodine hint kick in which is a saviour of an otherwise to sweet wine. Tanins are good ro excellent and well integrated and also help to balance the musk. I suspect it's a great wine from a bad vintage. Would love to try it in a good year.
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Unbelievably good. complex layered dried herbs, leathery nuances just appearing- will develop with a few more years, violet flavoured fleshy mouth filling fruit, not a fruit bomb - very restrained, oak integration is EXCELLENT, tannins are not huge and i think this wine will peak in the next 3 years. Very very good. - needed 60 to 90 minutes to open up. decant next time.
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What at first seems like a very modern styled chardonnay (stone fruit, melon flavours on the early palate) turns into a very well balanced wine with just the right amount of oak influence (a bit toasty, a bit of vanilla bean). Balance is the key here, finishes amazingly. Highly recommended.
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2011 Alpha Omega Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Las Piedras
10/22/2021 - stindall Likes this wine: 89 Points
Intense dark cherry, vanilla, cedar, and oak on the nose. Took about an hour to 90 minutes to open up and release these aromas. They are well integrated. In the mouth I can still taste cherry but it is hidden behind a layer of sweet floral candy - a very light musk stick lolly taste. After that the saltiness and an almost iiodine hint kick in which is a saviour of an otherwise to sweet wine. Tanins are good ro excellent and well integrated and also help to balance the musk. I suspect it's a great wine from a bad vintage. Would love to try it in a good year.
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2010 The Colonial Estate Shiraz Mungo Park
12/5/2014 - stindall wrote: 94 Points
Unbelievably good. complex layered dried herbs, leathery nuances just appearing- will develop with a few more years, violet flavoured fleshy mouth filling fruit, not a fruit bomb - very restrained, oak integration is EXCELLENT, tannins are not huge and i think this wine will peak in the next 3 years. Very very good. - needed 60 to 90 minutes to open up. decant next time.
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2012 Coldstream Hills Chardonnay
1/26/2014 - stindall Likes this wine: 92 Points
What at first seems like a very modern styled chardonnay (stone fruit, melon flavours on the early palate) turns into a very well balanced wine with just the right amount of oak influence (a bit toasty, a bit of vanilla bean). Balance is the key here, finishes amazingly. Highly recommended.
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