Friday Group Brown Bag Tasting (EBCC): Blind. Another that has some bricking and shows a bit of age. Chocolate, mint and black fruit notes. Full-bodied and integrated, with flavors of plum, black fruit and mint. There’s a subtle meaty element here as well. Excellent. 92-93 pts.
Double decanted off its sediment 90 minutes ahead of the tasting, and it needed that little bit of time to wake up and begin to show itself. Drink over the near term.
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From 75cl, perfect cork, a bottle of impeccable provenance, in my cellar since 2018. Decanted off grainy sediment 45 minutes, improved until very final drop. Initially tired, reserved, muted, even unbalanced towards (over)aged, oaky acidity, this sprung into action after about 90 minutes. Virile "Frutto di Bosco"meets turbo-cassis blackcurrant scent, with a couple of aromatic pine forests and bouquet garni gardens thrown in. Thrilling medium-bodied entry, with edgy acidity, and just enough unctuous-melting glycerine to fight with it; big, pure mid-palate berry fruit in full maturity, chastened by still-present, serious residual tannins. Insanely long finish. I paired this, my first 95P wine of 2023, badly with duck confit—it held its own, of course, but only started showing its star quality as the duck fat was well washed away. Just stunning. Drink now or soon. 95P
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lovely mature wine and as good an Australian shiraz I have had the pleasure of drinking - a few years left but I doubt it will improve much if at all from here
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4/19/2024 - AllRed wrote: 92 Points
Friday Group Brown Bag Tasting (EBCC): Blind. Another that has some bricking and shows a bit of age. Chocolate, mint and black fruit notes. Full-bodied and integrated, with flavors of plum, black fruit and mint. There’s a subtle meaty element here as well. Excellent. 92-93 pts.
Double decanted off its sediment 90 minutes ahead of the tasting, and it needed that little bit of time to wake up and begin to show itself. Drink over the near term.
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1/29/2024 - Texas Corkscrew Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very good, still had a lot of fruit but little real pizazz.
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11/26/2023 - honest bob wrote: 95 Points
From 75cl, perfect cork, a bottle of impeccable provenance, in my cellar since 2018. Decanted off grainy sediment 45 minutes, improved until very final drop. Initially tired, reserved, muted, even unbalanced towards (over)aged, oaky acidity, this sprung into action after about 90 minutes. Virile "Frutto di Bosco"meets turbo-cassis blackcurrant scent, with a couple of aromatic pine forests and bouquet garni gardens thrown in. Thrilling medium-bodied entry, with edgy acidity, and just enough unctuous-melting glycerine to fight with it; big, pure mid-palate berry fruit in full maturity, chastened by still-present, serious residual tannins. Insanely long finish. I paired this, my first 95P wine of 2023, badly with duck confit—it held its own, of course, but only started showing its star quality as the duck fat was well washed away. Just stunning. Drink now or soon. 95P
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9/20/2023 - cbeye wrote:
Way past its best despite a good cork. No fruit and bitter at the back
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6/10/2023 - hargy Likes this wine: 93 Points
lovely mature wine and as good an Australian shiraz I have had the pleasure of drinking - a few years left but I doubt it will improve much if at all from here
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