A private tasting and dinner at a friend's (Amsterdam, NL): Tasting, brief note. Museum release 2005, bottle no. 225/230. A beautiful example of a classic Victoria Shiraz, mature but vigorous at 36 years of age, marries power, charm and elegance. Time in hand.
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Evolved, relatively light but lively colour; fantastic nose, building layers of complexity by the minute, meaty, eucalyptus, coffee, tobacco, smoke, a bit like a Höllenberg but without the bacon, developing into primary (damson) fruit and then more earthy; very smooth and gentle, elegant, dreamy silky texture, light weight but with a lovely ripe sweetness, great aromatic length, stylish; harmonious acidity and good tannin keeping it together beautifully. Drink now -2016.
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4/8/2017 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 Points
A private tasting and dinner at a friend's (Amsterdam, NL): Tasting, brief note. Museum release 2005, bottle no. 225/230. A beautiful example of a classic Victoria Shiraz, mature but vigorous at 36 years of age, marries power, charm and elegance. Time in hand.
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7/30/2011 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points
Museum release 2005, bottle no. 208 / 230. Gentle, leather and tobacco, still vigorous, not as ethereal as the previous bottle.
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5/22/2011 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 Points
Evolved, relatively light but lively colour; fantastic nose, building layers of complexity by the minute, meaty, eucalyptus, coffee, tobacco, smoke, a bit like a Höllenberg but without the bacon, developing into primary (damson) fruit and then more earthy; very smooth and gentle, elegant, dreamy silky texture, light weight but with a lovely ripe sweetness, great aromatic length, stylish; harmonious acidity and good tannin keeping it together beautifully. Drink now -2016.
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