Tasting Notes 366 found

Pretty mellow wine likely past its best (42 views)

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Fruit driven. Very enjoyable. (64 views)

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Still a wonderful MV Shiraz.
Great depth of fruit and lovely mouth fell. (136 views)

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dark fruits, very intense, even for an older wine 2013 - we drank it 2024. typical australian flavours - good! (65 views)

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Smoky, cedary, oaky, dried up, dusty, lacks fruit ... at least it is hiding in the background, but it never emerges ... Everything is dusty and dried.

Showing that screwcap can't save everything - went well with slightly burnt homemade / Pillsbury Chocolate chip cookies (89 views)

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Funky, reductive initially but with massive agitation (yes, hand over the glass and giving it a shake) it shows dense black fruits, sweet spice. Plums. Juicy tends to medium plus intensity acidity and travels hand in hand with chewy chalky & grippy tannins, red over black fruits in support. Interesting. (207 views)

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Jammy black fruits are slightly muted, sweet spice shows clove and there is a slight fruit cake note here as well. In the mouth it is juicy, fleshy with slightly bitter black fruits and chewy, chalky tannins. Woof, time. (237 views)

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Ripe but jubey black over red berry; black strawberry (?), sweet spice, slight cream. More of the same on the palate, talc textured tannic burr, long, pure, simple, lovely. (186 views)

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Mellowed and balanced, shy tertiary savory and mushroom notes on nose, but still with that robust Syrah punch on palate. (282 views)

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Pepper spice and dark fruits on the nose but hot. Is it really only 14.5% alc.? Smooth mostly the dark fruits coming through on the palate with a medium somewhat tangy finish. Not overly hot on the palate . Nice. Worth getting again (132 views)

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Clear, bright, medium ruby with a pinkish rim. Medium intensity nose reminiscent of raspberry ice cream, pink roses, cigar box, baking spices and dusty earthy notes. On the palate, plum and black cherry join the band. Tannins and acid are medium, med+ alcohol, med-full body, lush texture, and a long finish. (144 views)

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Very dark deep red colour. Heavy but soft red fruit nose. Rich red fruits with a soft round mouthfeel. A big soft delicious red of the Barossa style (with a good alcohol level, I suspect). A night matched with pizza. (192 views)

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Tallmikewine was right about this lasting to its 20th year…but about as understated as the back label reference to this lasting for ten to fifteen years

No hint of browning, acidity fresh, loads of blackcurrant and eucalyptus, touch of pepper on finish

Decanted one hour, open another hour, served cellar temperature

Quintessential mature shiraz (275 views)

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Some quantity of sediment. Hard to decant with the strongly coloured glass.
Deep red, right to the edge.
Spicy aged shiraz. Shows its French oak component. Showing some aged complexity but still very youthful at nearly 11 years.
Palate: Rich McLaren Vale Shiraz but with an elegance so often missing from there. Wonderful balance. Entering its drinking window. The French oak, so often missing in Aussie Shiraz, contributes enormously to its elegance and balance.
In general I avoid McLaren Vale but the likes of Ben Riggs give me hope for the region.
2012 was a vintage for the ages across South Australia especially, and Victoria. (383 views)

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not aged very well, drank 2014 in 2022 - most of the fruit was gone, but still ok. (127 views)

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