2004 Kilikanoon Shiraz Testament

Community Tasting Notes (93) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  5/26/2023 - dsimmons Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Still going strong. Great concentration, loads of fruit. Drink or hold

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  3/5/2022 - Ridgerunner Likes this wine: 94 Points

  This vintage has been inching its way up with age... and it's the last bottle so I am awarding the 94. And, this winery has better wines actually!

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  11/11/2021 - portlandrt Likes this wine: 95 Points

  yummy

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  10/11/2021 - forceberry wrote: 84 Points

  Fermented and macerated in open-top fermentors. Aged in a combination of new and used French and American oak barrels. 15% alcohol.
  
  Quite deep, luminous and somewhat translucent black cherry color with an evolved pomegranate hue. Somewhat restrained, a bit meaty and quite savory nose with aromas of game, some blackberry marmalade, a little bit of sweet plum compote, light inky tones, a hint of licorice and a touch of Chambord liqueur. The high alcohol lends quite a bit of heat to the nose. The wine feels soft, quite voluptuous and a bit over-the-top on the palate with sweet-toned flavors of overripe plums and London liquorice, some evolved meaty tones, a little bit of rich blackberry-driven forest fruit, light savory notes of autumnal leaves, a hint of dry woody oak spice and a touch of jammy - even liqueur-ish - dark fruit. The high alcohol lends a hot, somewhat porty touch to the mouthfeel and the acidity feels rather low. The ample, fine-grained tannins contribute quite a bit to the texture but very little to the structure. The finish is juicy, sweetish and rather hot with quite gentle tannic grip and rather long flavors of Chambord liqueur, some ripe black raspberry tones, a little bit of blackcurrant marmalade, light notes of licorice, an evolved hint of meaty umami and a touch of dried figs. The high alcohol lends some obvious heat to the palate and makes the aftertaste feel a bit mouth-numbing.
  
  An evolved and a bit too heavy Barossa Shiraz that doesn't feel like a wine that has actually benefited much from aging. The wine feels too ripe, too high in alcohol and too low in acidity. There's quite a bit of fruit and concentration to the wine, but the overall feel isn't particularly balanced and tasting this wine between two wonderfully evolved 2004 Shiraz wines (Duval Entity and Glaetzer Amon-Ra) only accentuates the clumsy, overripe nature of the wine. Not really my cup of tea now and probably never was.

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  4/17/2021 - GFischmann Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Drinking very well and balanced

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