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Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  3/1/2022 - mphatic Likes this wine:

  Screwcap, 14.5% alc. Youthful, dark, burgundy colour with quite a lot of purple. Very fine sediment.
  
  Interesting nose of malty oak, licorice, blackberry, pan juices, a tiny hint of Band-Aid? Plum, coal.
  
  Medium bodied with fine dusty tannins still plentiful. Fresh and refreshing, and the high alcohol is nowhere to be seen. Fruity and savoury at once; a very good food wine.
  
  Opinion: I tend to think of this as a cheap wine that’s taking up room in the cellar, but every time I open one, I’m rewarded. Quality GSM blend. Some over–ripe/baked flavours after three days open, but still enjoyable. Heavy bottle!

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  2/1/2021 - Bluth Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Great red blend with really balanced nose and palate.

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  9/12/2020 - mphatic Likes this wine:

  Screwcap, 14.5% alc. Beautiful and vibrant dark crimson with purple hue.
  
  Coal, blackberry, pan juices, raspberry, sarsaparilla, spicy oak, and a slight green herbal note; rather savoury.
  
  Wonderfully composed and balanced palate; all in harmony. Fine tannins, oak, fruit, and acid all in balance. Even better with air.
  
  Opinion: Really lovely wine; surprisingly so. Time has already given this a savoury edge. Not sure what additional extended ageing would achieve. Drink now through 5 years.

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  12/10/2019 - StewartWent wrote: 89 Points

  A very nice example of the BV workhorse. Smart, balanced and I can state elegant (in a ripe kinda way). Would not have picked as South Australian. Time has helped smooth edges I think. Drink now.

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  5/28/2017 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 91 Points

  Day 3 lunch company cruise. Screw-cap.
  Appearance is clear, deep intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
  Nose is clean, pronounced intensity, with aromas of blackberry, blueberry, dark chocolate, sweet spices. Developing.
  On the palate, dry, medium+ acidity, high alcohol (14.5%), soft amd smooth medium+ tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of blueberry, blackberry, dark chocolate, licorice, black pepper. Long finisblh.
  Very good quality. Reliable wine from a reliable producer. Old vine Grenache, Shiraz, Mataro. Drink and enjoy over the next 3-4 years as it ages. No need to wait too long.

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