2003 Gemtree Vineyards Shiraz Obsidian

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 90 points

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  9/10/2011 - mflesh wrote: 95 Points

  This wine rates as one of the top I've had. This is a very balanced wine. This is a limited production McLaren Vale beauty that starts out a surprisingly dark color on the pour. Lacing is substantial. Nose is VERY fruity in nature. No spice really detected or even hinted on the nose. The first taste is SPICE, but this beauty has had some nice time to evolve in the bottle. The fruit on the nose is very much balanced in the middle of this wine, where I detected raspberry, currant, cherry, chocolate?, oak, and perhaps a tiny smoke characteristic. Finish is velvety with a nice lingering aftertaste. I actually would say that this wine would pair well with a spicier cheese such as chipotle gouda, cotswald or something of that nature. It tended to really enhance the flavor of a rare filet mignon. Fantastic wine.

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  7/16/2006 - jamieirving wrote: 85 Points

  Gemtree Wine Theatre (Toast Australia Festival, Regents Park, London): Obsidian is at the highest end of the Gemtree range, and is very similar in style to a d'Arenburg Dead Arm Shiraz. Deep ruby red, almost black in colour it spends 24 months in oak. The nose shows spice and oak characters. Huge flavour on the palate, especially deep, dark fruit and a chocolatey mocha. Definately one for the cellar.
  
  (Tasted in the Gemtree Wine Theatre, 'Toast Australia', Regents Park, London)

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