2002 Dutschke Shiraz Single Barrel

Community Tasting Notes (3) Median Score: 92 points

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  3/22/2015 - Giggs wrote: 92 Points

  Decanted 45 minutes. This is a rare and pricey ($90) wine. I was ready to be disappointed based on the existing CT notes, but I opened it because I didn't think a Shiraz from Dutschke would need more than 13 years past vintage. What I smelled when I decanted it confirmed the negative vibes: It seemed heavy and a bit overdone. The first glass was average, but the next glass was really nice. It improved throughout the evening and ultimately showed as an above-average, typical Barossa Shiraz, very ripe but with a restrained coolness that is typical of 2002, blackberry and plum, complementary chocolate and mocha, and purple violet florals throughout the nose and palate. What it doesn't have is what prevents it from being exceptional. Not much minerality or secondary nuance to it, and currently it seems open and unlikely to improve from here. In summary, a tasty wine that is not worth the hype or price. Drink now-2017.

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  10/25/2014 - salua wrote: 85 Points

  over ripe oaked sweet barossa fruit bomb. While the quality of the fruit is high, its too disjointed and overblown. disappointing wine given the vintage

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  12/6/2009 - Charlie Carnes wrote: 92 Points

  Beautiful rich ripe fruit. Sun drenched! The oak quality here is much better than most, in fact it is really quite good. Dark, ripe, long, clove and vanilla( but not overbearing), full, with a nice finish.

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