Nice elegant claret style Margaret river red. Nothing extracted, quite light on its feet with lifted olive and pencil shavings around a nicely mixed red/black fruit nose. Mid weight palate with very fine tannins, nice balance but is quite linear and not that complex. Not bad length on the palate. Not convinced this will get any better with age, though I am sure it will stay on this plateau for at least another 5 years.
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Perhaps not fair to score this as seemed borderline faulty. A little thin with a tinge of vinegar acid. Still some medium weight fruit (black currant) but a distracted experience. Somewhat faded or tired at the edges. Couldn’t quite work out whether something was wrong with the wine (me?) or it just wasn’t good.
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5/1/2024 - EdLark Likes this wine: 95 Points
Yum!! Fruit flavours of plum and berries combine with cedar, forest floor and a hint of spice. Tannins are soft and balance out the fruit beautifully.
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9/22/2023 - Indran Rajendra Likes this wine: 95 Points
Plump dark cherries. Blackcurrant, blueberries,blackberries, milk coffee, lemon grass,olives rose petals earth and iodine,mushroom. Soft and integrated. Pauillac like. Drink now. NS
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6/19/2023 - brodien wrote: 94 Points
Beautiful wine at 15 years of age.
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12/30/2020 - Pverd wrote: 90 Points
Nice elegant claret style Margaret river red. Nothing extracted, quite light on its feet with lifted olive and pencil shavings around a nicely mixed red/black fruit nose. Mid weight palate with very fine tannins, nice balance but is quite linear and not that complex. Not bad length on the palate. Not convinced this will get any better with age, though I am sure it will stay on this plateau for at least another 5 years.
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9/20/2020 - nwebstar Does not like this wine: 85 Points
Perhaps not fair to score this as seemed borderline faulty. A little thin with a tinge of vinegar acid. Still some medium weight fruit (black currant) but a distracted experience. Somewhat faded or tired at the edges. Couldn’t quite work out whether something was wrong with the wine (me?) or it just wasn’t good.
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