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By Jon Rimmerman
(LANDRACE Glaymond) 2005 Landrace Dear Friends, We received a number of requests for this wine over the summer, spurred by some exemplary community-based praise, but it's taken several months to locate a parcel with top-level provenance. I almost gave up but this afternoon I was able to find a terrific stash at an eye-popping price. In all honesty, I know nothing about this wine other than it is normally $50-70 and made to impress. It competes at the Amon-Ra level in price and aspiration but I've never come across a bottle to analyze. In addition to the wine itself, the 2005 Landrace is best known for causing quite a controversy when it debuted - it was one of the first knock-down, drag-out disagreements between Parker and Jay Miller. When Jay was hired, Parker had already reviewed the wine with exemplary praise but Jay disagreed. Parker gave the wine 94-96pts and Jay Miller gave it 80pts or something like that for the official Wine Advocate review. The disagreement has never been settled. With that said, you are going to have to look for community notes on this (from people that have actually consumed the wine) but the style is supposedly quite dramatic. At $50, I wasn't very interested but at this price I thought there was enough incentive to let the wine speak for itself. ONE PARCEL ONLY at this price with perfect provenance 2005 Glaymond Landrace (Shiraz/Mataro) (RP94-96) Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Aus7296
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Wine Definition
- Vintage2005
- TypeRed
- ProducerGlaymond Wines
- VarietyShiraz Blend
- DesignationLandrace Shiraz Mataro
- Vineyardn/a
- CountryAustralia
- RegionSouth Australia
- SubRegionBarossa
- AppellationBarossa Valley
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4/17/2021 - FormerWineSnob Likes this wine: 96 Points
16 years old and 12 years since my last tasting of this wine and I can say this has certainly developed into a powerhouse of a wine, one of my favourites. Wish I had more. This wine had good providence, held in a wine cellar the whole time.
Color(4/5): Ruby red with tinges of purple.
Nose(10/10): Still a huge aroma that fills the room with Cher, blackberry, vanilla and oak, I could smell this wine all day.
Taste(14/15): This has integrated very very nicely. I think Parker was right and given time this one dimensional fruit bomb has developed into a balanced incredible wine that has held onto it's powerful fruit presence but also has cherry, blackberry, vanilla, oak, earth all intense and balanced. Be careful, you won't notice the 15.8% till well afterwards.
Length(9/10): Very long finish. Stays with you forever.
Overall(9/10): I wish I had more. Balanced, integrated, intense, big aroma. This can go the distance but is drinking optimally right now.
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9/20/2019 - jayw Likes this wine:
This is a big, extracted South Australia fruit bomb. Pretty good balance, considering. It tastes surprisingly young for a 15 year old Shiraz. Needs at least an hour decant and will easily last another five years or longer.
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4/16/2019 - Soreng wrote: 92 Points
A bit of a weird experience and hard to rate. Probably has passed its best day. Evolves a lot with time in the glass, increases in depth. Overall much and fresh pleasant acidity which makes it hard to believe that this is a 14 year old barossa wine. Good complexity but the acidity is too much and overpowering the fruit and depth. Still, good wine but not quite the experience Parker promised many years ago. 92-93, RP 94-96
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8/23/2016 - TallMikeWine Likes this wine: 96 Points
This...I like. Have been a fan of Barossa wines for a long time. This epitomizes why. Extracted fruit. Dark flavors, combined with over the top smokey oak flavors. Full bodied, unabashedly BIG. But also balanced, which is the key when you are playing with so many in your face elements. I love it. Will try to find more, however I hear Glaymond is no longer a stand-alone winery. So it could be complicated. Great juice though.
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11/3/2014 - peter.mancell@mfg.com.au Likes this wine: 94 Points
Lovely glycerine mouth coating character. Plenty of red and dark fruit, smooth as silk and just enough tannin to keep the wine together.
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