2003 Penfolds Bin 138 Shiraz Grenache Mourvèdre

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 88.1 points

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  7/28/2016 - rmarkey Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Excellent, 14.5% alc.
  Colour: deep blackberry and dark chocolate
  Bouquet: licorice and tar, sweet and dry grenache fruit, savoury, black currant, ants, aromatic herbs, vanillin
  Palate: as bouquet, sweet fruit, full bodied, dark chocolate, black cherries, blackberries, herbs, very dry and long finish, oaky big but soft tannins,earthy, grainy, astringent, quite voluptuous, 'plush mouthfeel', silky texture,
  
  incredibly robust but balanced
  July 2016

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  9/19/2015 - Brettski80 wrote: 90 Points

  Plenty of timber on the palate, a little dominant perhaps. Some floral notes to admireand a dash of dark fruit lingering, but im impressed on how such a simple entry level blend, is holding up more than a decade on. 2 to go so fingers crossed they have cellared like the last 2.

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  12/6/2008 - tplskylrk wrote: 86 Points

  Dark, dark, dark. Black fruits & oak on the nose, vanilla there as well. Bit of heat on the palate again. Fruit is there, perhaps the oak is not as bad as I killed it for in previous notes, but this wine is a pass.
  
  If you own this you may want to hold for another year, or judge for yourself, as I can't tell if it is the tannins or the wood that drys my mouth.

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  10/10/2008 - tplskylrk wrote: 86 Points

  Nice. Deep color, whif of Alch & dense fruit coming off, toasty oak. NIce bounce of that same oaky fruit, drying tannincs & Oak again, bit of confused lingering finish of dry oak. Kinda like sucking fresh Oak off a tree. Maybe it needs some food or another day... Day III vacumed, toned down a bit, finish shows some upside for this but really marginal. Again, a once classic Penfolds blend has lost its edge with john duvall gone.

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  1/11/2008 - Twitcher35 wrote: 86 Points

  unmemorable ya f*&" FG^* drunk

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