2004 JJ Hahn Shiraz Nineteen Fourteen

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 90.4 points

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  9/22/2019 - vinhonotte wrote: flawed

  Revisited the remaining portion 2 days later in a study and found it to be completely different. The dried florals were no longer there and the earth was no longer a clean tar but some wet compost leaves and topsoil. A distinct Chinese herbal feel developed, and other than that some Kirsch and cherries. But somehow it seemed to have lost the earlier vibrancy and felt rather tired. Not sure if this is a feature for aged hot climate Aussies, or just this one...

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  9/20/2019 - vinhonotte Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Wine Dinner with Wendy and Friends (De Golden Spoon): Mainly spice-driven, of cloves and cinnamon, while the dried roses and strawberry jam show themselves towards the back. A backbone of black tar and brambles, and a good weighted core. Morderate length, but I would think that the intensity and strong core makes it quite a fabulous wine

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  11/3/2018 - Gemofwine Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Arresting aroma. Burnt blackberries with sharp black currants, prune , burning wood baking a vanilla coconut sweet fruit pie.
  Bursting hot pepper, lovely texture and density, elegant structure.
  This lighter style Barossa Shiraz is so chic...
  it is not too complex, but so chic.
  I like this style very much !
  
  Decanted needed for over an hour, room temperature .

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  6/23/2015 - hkm520240 wrote: 91 Points

  Dark garnet with brick red hue. Pop n pour and the nose is immediately expressive with black fruits, dried plum and cherry intermix with pepper, sweet spice, licorice, cedar and toasty oak.
  Palate is soft and mellow, exhibits blueberry, plum, dried fruits, roast meat, coffee and sweet toasty oak. It has some funky, animal, sweet barnyard notes add to the complexity. Drinking beautifully with smooth and supple mouth-feel and tannins is almost resolve. Medium length with spicy aftertaste.
  Made by admirable veteran winemaker Rolf Binder from single vineyard old vines planted in 1914, it does not seem to possess the structure and stuffing to age and improve. Having tasted 4 JJ Hahn in the past 5 years it seems to develop quicker than my expectation. Drink up soon.

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  1/26/2014 - Nicholas81 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Decanted an hour before consumption. Nose was of blackcurrant, plum..... dark fruits and berries kind of smell. Palate came across quite similar though had some herbaceous undertones towards the back-end. Finish moderately long. It's sort of an acquired taste. The wine was smooth with nice chalky tannins and well integrated and had good structure. Altogether a very pleasant wine.

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