2005 Hewitson Mourvèdre Old Garden

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 88.8 points

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  4/2/2020 - Keith Levenberg wrote:

  Pre-phylloxera mourvedre planted in 1853. Fifteen years on, it's still a fairly full blast of primary fruit, but the richness feels like it's at least as much on account of that super old-vine intensity as it is on account of being from Barossa. It's intense, but it's a defined, tailored intensity, no flab. And loads of earthy mourvedre funk.

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  3/10/2017 - kevin h wrote: 90 Points

  Final bottle. Mature, black fruits, meaty, soft. Pretty good.

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  1/19/2013 - kevin h wrote: 90 Points

  This has come on a little in the two years since I last had it though still has many years ahead of it. Youthful colour still, pepperynose with black fruits and leather. Ripe, peppery fruit, more structure now and warmth rather than heat. Try again in two years.

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  12/2/2012 - Arch57 wrote: 90 Points

  Mourvedre how the heck do you even pronounce this one. Very cool to taste a varietal more known for GSM blends and component in Châteatuneuf de Pape. The floral aromatics make sense when you taste this in blended wines. I think of the smell of a floral shop when I sniff this wine. Well done and a good exercise for tasting CdP and othe blends.

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  2/5/2012 - Heart Plumber wrote: 80 Points

  Of all the Mourvedre's I've tried this had none of the expected pepper bite , little mineral and chile nose, and no floral notes. The fruit was ok, but somewhat "canned", lacking depth and expression. The finish left one asking "what did I just drink" and what was so memorable about this wine? Hope I'm not off on this offering, but cannot agree with the higher ratings.

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