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1/15/2017 - whme Does not like this wine:
Agree. Black currant with a huge green overtone. The price appeals to emotion, not quality.
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5/8/2016 - graemeg wrote:
{cork, 13.5%} No decant; smells alarmingly asparagus-like, almost off-puttingly so, but it’s way less green on the palate, with olive-tinged fruit, still a nod to menthol flavours, fine-grained low-medium oak tannins and a dry, mellow finish of medium length, which is helped by plenty of presence all along the tongue. Still, it really loses friends on the nose; and I don’t see this changing; drink up.
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7/10/2015 - majamke Likes this wine: 94 Points
Such a unique wine. This is Merlot grown at the very edge of the climate envelope. It's ripe, but only just. As far as fruit goes, there is some fig and red currant. However if you're looking for fruit, look elsewhere. Domaine A wines are more about the 'bouquet'. Yes it's a pretentious word, but an important distinction from aroma. This Merlot smells of an old pencil box, sitting on a bramble hedge, in a gravel avenue. Light bodied, and not particularly long but there is no doubt it leaves an impact.
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11/7/2013 - jeremy@ Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very powerful stuff. The deep color, the nose screams at you. You can almost see the truffle coming out of it! Taste also very good with a long finish. Good well structured tannins.
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1/10/2012 - graemeg wrote:
Tasmania Wineries Jan-12 (1) - Coal Valley (Coal Valley, Tasmania): {cork, 13.5%, A$85} There’s considered to be enough top merlot not needed for the cabernet blend to make this separate bottling in ridiculously small quantities (and at a price to match). This is current release, and the 2005 is imminent, a mere 7 years after vintage! This does actually look 8 years old, with a distinct brick tinge to its rim. The nose shows developing aromas of currants with a bracken hint; the medium-full bodied palate echos this with some classic plum/cherry flavours. The palate is even, with medium tannins and acid, and there’s a medium-length finish. The 05 cabernet is the better wine; this is certainly more advanced, but my experiences with the wine have been quite inconsistent (as has the oxygen each has seen prior to my tasting) so I won’t make a call. The winery newsletter says drink 2009-2019; hard to argue with something as broad as that…
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