A well preserved example, fruit driven and with a lovely spice edge. Fruit cake Barossa red with tar and licorice. Soft tannins, and has faded gracefully.
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Easter with McG Family; 4/3/2015-4/5/2015 (Gerroa): Dark core with ruby brick rim. Earthy, Xmas cake sweet bright fruits, plums and licorice, tar. Lovely fragrance. Light to medium weight, fleshy and still quite velvety bodied. Dark fruits, plums and licorice dominate. Oak is very well integrated and barely noticeable. Meaty stock and some yeasty Vegemite characters appear on the long finish, adding complexity to a rich fruit driven palate. Excellent blend of fruit, spice and dark developed characters all on a solid frame with good acidity and fine but persistent and very clearly defined tannins. Superb structure for a 49 year old wine and supports its youthful flavours. Perhaps not my ideal style but undeniably interesting and still very alive, not just a relic in any sense.
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1/25/2016 - Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 89 Points
A well preserved example, fruit driven and with a lovely spice edge. Fruit cake Barossa red with tar and licorice. Soft tannins, and has faded gracefully.
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4/5/2015 - Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 95 Points
Easter with McG Family; 4/3/2015-4/5/2015 (Gerroa): Dark core with ruby brick rim.
Earthy, Xmas cake sweet bright fruits, plums and licorice, tar. Lovely fragrance.
Light to medium weight, fleshy and still quite velvety bodied. Dark fruits, plums and licorice dominate. Oak is very well integrated and barely noticeable. Meaty stock and some yeasty Vegemite characters appear on the long finish, adding complexity to a rich fruit driven palate. Excellent blend of fruit, spice and dark developed characters all on a solid frame with good acidity and fine but persistent and very clearly defined tannins. Superb structure for a 49 year old wine and supports its youthful flavours. Perhaps not my ideal style but undeniably interesting and still very alive, not just a relic in any sense.
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1/26/2011 - Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 94 Points
amazingly youthful, lovely shiraz fruits and spice, soft but deeply flavoured and very long.
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