2005 The Colonial Estate Emigré

Community Tasting Notes (56) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  3/11/2022 - Elliot Vale Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Cork in good condition, and decanted off the sediment.
  Medium+ colour, garnet with some browning.
  Nose was intense with: sweet blackcurrant; sandal wood; pomegranate.
  High alcohol but well balanced and warming. Full bodied and opulent. Medium+ tannin. Medium- acidity.
  Prune and mulberry flavours with a long finish.
  This is better than just describing it as a big aussie wine done well, however, it would be better with some more acidity and some more tertiary flavours. It has several years ahead of it.
  Put the remainder in the fridge and had the next day. Less aroma and more flavour. Green and black olives on the nose. Black plum flavours.

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  12/3/2021 - Fred101 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Garnet robe, some sediments. Nose of plum and leather. Medium bodied, smooth tanins, smokey, slightly sweet, long finish, very mature, probably downhill from here.

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  4/4/2021 - dclaggett Likes this wine: 92 Points

  15.5% abv. Garnet color, slight bricking at rim, very viscous glass coating tears. Secondary notes dominate nose: leather, sweet tobacco eucalyptus, prunes, raisins, red berries, tomato paste. Smooth, smoky, sweet, mellow tannins, minimal acid, med plus weight, med plus, pleasantly smooth and lingering finish. At peak, suggest you serve cool temp, drink up and enjoy. Very nice

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  1/12/2021 - SpenceP wrote: 96 Points

  A flamboyantly gorgeous wine, now at its absolute peak. Blueberries, sweet plums, cherries, a hint of tangerine, flowers, tobacco, tar, vanilla, nutmeg, then a burst of chocolate and mint, leading into a lovely long aftertaste with ripe raspberries at the end. Should stay wonderful for a few more years, but don't wait! (I tasted this wine from several different glasses, and it was at its best, by a surprisingly wide margin, tasted from a generic Burgundy glass.)

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  6/14/2020 - Hercules Likes this wine:

  Delicious!

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