1999 Two Hands Shiraz Ares

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  7/10/2020 - hsacks Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Now fully mature, this bottle was a touch less rich, a little lower in acidity and not as long on the palate as the 5/28/11. Still delicious with a grilled hanger steak but drink up!

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  2/21/2015 - StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Finnish birthday celebration DAY (eve) (La Verdura, Yokohama): Dark, rich, overwhelming robe, Nase und Hatch.
  
  Not particularly elegant or subtle, but delivering a fabulous amount of concentration that made tonight's very fine '05 Rioja GR and '07 Pomerol behave like prancing pony Beaujolais Nouveaux...
  
  Aromas are dark, extracted and superbly attractive. Well extracted from great grapes. Asphalt, herbs/spices, olive brine, licorice-licorice (w/out the anise seed aromas) and some very dry crumbling Australian clay that at least one Wallaby humped (jumped?) on. The aromas didn't suit all at the counter. Tannins are there, but melting away. Acids are much lower than previous btl (go figure!) and the general impression is of a great Oz wine that fits garlic, steak and all kinds of crude pleasures. A round and fabulous kiss! Lacking in complexity to merit a higher score.
  
  Cork was absolutely perfect and would have easily gone for another 15 yrs.
  
  Yay!!!
  
  Much more enjoyable than previous btl. Has oomph left, but not much wiggle room when it comes to evolutionary expectations. Will surely be around for at least 5 more yrs.
  
  Wife: preferred the Rioja GR.
  
  At La Verdura (Yokohama) celebrating 勇士さんのお誕生日 with 須田先生。

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  8/22/2014 - Johann Von Mastiff wrote: 92 Points

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  7/25/2013 - apm1023 wrote:

  - Brick color.

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  4/12/2012 - StefanAkiko wrote: 91 Points

  Non-blind. Decanted 3 hrs.
  Dark red. Initial semi-mega peppery aromas and typical fruit. At restaurant settled down as a reasonable shiraz with a surprise that seems like a hint of unripe grapes. I never thought I'd find THAT in a Barossa. Per os it's a concentrated, balanced, typical and well built Oz shiraz with great acids. Tannins are in the lower end of the spectrum and there are less things going on than I was led to believe at the time of purchase. (By a famous critic, who else...)
  Next bottle will, nonetheless, be a fine treat.

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