Soft, deep black fruit, aniseed and vanilla with soft tannins and gentle acidity, full bodied, mature and stylish wine with lengthy liquorice flavoured finish.
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Had a glass using a Corbin needle. The cork was not sufficiently fixed and moved under the gas pressure. I thought the wine would be oxidised and faulty, however it was still fresh and great to drink. Sad to say it is my last bottle. The wine, deep garnet with cherry spice and oak on the nose. Still retaining some juicy cooked fruit in the pallet with well integrated tannins with chocolate coffee and leather. Drinking very well. All in n all a lovely wine. A.
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This is a wine all about bottle bouquet and mature, tertiary flavors in harmony with dried dark fruits, refined smooth tannins, and adequate acidity holding the wine together for a solid hour. Mushroom, tar, prune, dried blueberries and blackberry, cedar, vanilla, forest floor, and baking spices. Probably the oldest Syrah I have had. Great experience, drink upon opening and without decant (let the glass do it).
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Cork - short and barely stained. Still maintains a crimson edge and a dark core. Blueberry, cassis, tobacco, earth. Tannins are well integrated as you would expect. There’s good persistence and intensity, and the finish is also quite long. Just a lovely, old Australian shiraz doing its thing.
Soft and approachable with plenty of cherry, tobacco and sage notes upon opening. Very soft integrated tannins and not oxidized at all- it showed really well indeed for a 23 year old McLaren Vale shiraz especially after decanting. By hour two it had opening up and displayed flavors/aromas of blackberry and blueberry. Simply put this was a beautiful wine with an absolutely gorgeous bouquet.
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3/15/2024 - Fausto_Coppi Likes this wine: 98 Points
Soft, deep black fruit, aniseed and vanilla with soft tannins and gentle acidity, full bodied, mature and stylish wine with lengthy liquorice flavoured finish.
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12/17/2023 - andrew.cameron Likes this wine: 94 Points
Had a glass using a Corbin needle. The cork was not sufficiently fixed and moved under the gas pressure. I thought the wine would be oxidised and faulty, however it was still fresh and great to drink. Sad to say it is my last bottle. The wine, deep garnet with cherry spice and oak on the nose. Still retaining some juicy cooked fruit in the pallet with well integrated tannins with chocolate coffee and leather. Drinking very well. All in n all a lovely wine. A.
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8/23/2021 - R2-D2 wrote: 93 Points
Wildcard Wines - Tiplers Blind Tasting Group; 8/23/2021-8/24/2021 (Grapes & Grains, Temecula, CA): Tasted blind. Correctly identified as Syrah.
This is a wine all about bottle bouquet and mature, tertiary flavors in harmony with dried dark fruits, refined smooth tannins, and adequate acidity holding the wine together for a solid hour. Mushroom, tar, prune, dried blueberries and blackberry, cedar, vanilla, forest floor, and baking spices. Probably the oldest Syrah I have had. Great experience, drink upon opening and without decant (let the glass do it).
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8/7/2021 - fizz wrote:
Cork - short and barely stained.
Still maintains a crimson edge and a dark core. Blueberry, cassis, tobacco, earth. Tannins are well integrated as you would expect. There’s good persistence and intensity, and the finish is also quite long. Just a lovely, old Australian shiraz doing its thing.
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8/16/2019 - zinadu Likes this wine: 94 Points
Soft and approachable with plenty of cherry, tobacco and sage notes upon opening. Very soft integrated tannins and not oxidized at all- it showed really well indeed for a 23 year old McLaren Vale shiraz especially after decanting. By hour two it had opening up and displayed flavors/aromas of blackberry and blueberry. Simply put this was a beautiful wine with an absolutely gorgeous bouquet.
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