NobleRottersSydney - Clare Valley (Alio's, Surry Hills): [13%, cork] {Geoffrey} Opened an hour prior, and decanted just before serving. Still in the garnet-coloured range, which was promising. The nose was ancient, verging on dessicated; simple wood/cedar aromas, garnished with coconut. A drying-out palae of herbs and old currants follows. It hasn’t evolved so much as just aged. Fading and gentle, short-finishing, now light-bodied apart from a passing astringency; remarkable for the price I guess (under $10 on release) but really ten years past its best.
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3/4/2013 - graemeg wrote:
NobleRottersSydney - Clare Valley (Alio's, Surry Hills): [13%, cork] {Geoffrey} Opened an hour prior, and decanted just before serving. Still in the garnet-coloured range, which was promising. The nose was ancient, verging on dessicated; simple wood/cedar aromas, garnished with coconut. A drying-out palae of herbs and old currants follows. It hasn’t evolved so much as just aged. Fading and gentle, short-finishing, now light-bodied apart from a passing astringency; remarkable for the price I guess (under $10 on release) but really ten years past its best.
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