Complex, structured nose, with scents of blackberry jam and hot cross bun. Palate is light-to-medium-bodied, with firm acidity and dry, dusty tannin. Light flavours of forest floor and barnyard, with hints of raspberry, cassia, and nutmeg. The palate is fairly dry and austere, especially compared to the nose, but could reveal more flavour with time.
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Hunter Valley Roadtrip 2015: Stem, cherry and ash aromas. Medium bodied, with the fruit almost entirely in the red spectrum. Good drinking wine that will likely do well with a few years more development.
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Hunter Valley - 6 Cellar Doors (Hunter Valley): {screwcap, 13%, A$48} In a sense you don’t get more unfashionable than this; the throwback to the original Maurice O’Shea blend. Maybe detractors would claim this near 50/50 blend spoils either decent pinot or decent shiraz, I suppose. It’s all earthy, spicy fruits; it is if anything lighter than the straight pinot Mothervine bottling from the same vintage. Light/medium-bodied, with lots of acid, little oak or alcoholic heat. Savoury and dry. Proper Hunter wine. O’Shea’s efforts lasted half a century; this should be OK for a decade.
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4/24/2019 - Drinking Trees wrote:
Complex, structured nose, with scents of blackberry jam and hot cross bun. Palate is light-to-medium-bodied, with firm acidity and dry, dusty tannin. Light flavours of forest floor and barnyard, with hints of raspberry, cassia, and nutmeg. The palate is fairly dry and austere, especially compared to the nose, but could reveal more flavour with time.
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4/14/2019 - Sydcrow Does not like this wine: 50 Points
Big supporter of Mt Pleasant for their Shiraz and Semillon but Pinot Noir very average :(
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4/30/2016 - CamWheeler wrote: 89 Points
Hunter Valley 2016 Trip #1 (Hunter Valley, Australia): Floral, blackcurrant and pepper with roses in the background. Nice fine tannin profile with plenty of spice and medium weighted fruit. Quite likable.
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5/31/2015 - CamWheeler wrote: 88 Points
Hunter Valley Roadtrip 2015: Stem, cherry and ash aromas. Medium bodied, with the fruit almost entirely in the red spectrum. Good drinking wine that will likely do well with a few years more development.
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1/17/2015 - graemeg wrote:
Hunter Valley - 6 Cellar Doors (Hunter Valley): {screwcap, 13%, A$48} In a sense you don’t get more unfashionable than this; the throwback to the original Maurice O’Shea blend. Maybe detractors would claim this near 50/50 blend spoils either decent pinot or decent shiraz, I suppose. It’s all earthy, spicy fruits; it is if anything lighter than the straight pinot Mothervine bottling from the same vintage. Light/medium-bodied, with lots of acid, little oak or alcoholic heat. Savoury and dry. Proper Hunter wine. O’Shea’s efforts lasted half a century; this should be OK for a decade.
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