1997 Tahbilk Shiraz 1933 Vines

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 91 points

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  9/26/2017 - Tony Molester Likes this wine:

  Cork was barely soaked. Whole cork.
  Very nice victorian shiraz. Still quite on the primary fruit, with another 10 years in a cool cellar.
  
  Drink or hold to 2027

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  3/26/2017 - graemeg wrote:

  {cork, 13.5%} Despite its immaculate appearance, I'm a bit dirty on this cork. The wine has a terminally musty quality I just can't get past. But is it the cork's fault? I don't know. There are aged aromas of mulberry/ripe fruit, subtle and restrained. Mild dusty tannin, moderate acid. But the wet carpet character is also strong. Admittedly, it doesn't have the rank cardboard of full-blown TCA, but the mouldy character never goes away. The finish is just too anonymous - and mushroom-tasting - to be convincing. Also, although the texture seems to persist on the medium-weight palate, it seems to be all tactile characters, and very little actual flavour. A perplexing wine (of unknown provenance) which needs to be opened alongside some sibllings to be sure. I still think - drink - on this evidence.

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  7/26/2010 - lightning wrote: 91 Points

  A pleasant surprise indeed - auction purchase.
  
  Garnet colour without any bricking. Smelled a bit musty and "old" on opening, this blew away after 30 minutes in the decanter.
  
  A gentle and graceful wine, plum and cherry aromatics, tannins are starting to fade, slight acidity on the backend makes this a very refreshing and more-ish drink. Probably at its peak now - unlikely to gain much from further ageing.

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