OZ BYO Night

Smaller group than usual this time.Five of us gathered for a tasting of Grange and some new Aussie wines. we gathered at Providores and the Kiwi food paired really well with the wines

• 1973 Penfolds Grange 90 Points

  Australia, South Australia

  Ruby color, bricking towards the rim, bottle was in good ship. It didnt give much on the nose other than a little cooffee/mocha and some plum. in the mouth it was still quite vibrant, showing some black fruits and some mocha. med finish with pretty full mouth. drinks very well now and i think it will continue to for at least another five years. very nice bottle

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• 1975 Penfolds Grange Flawed

  Australia, South Australia

  Fill on this bottle was into the shoulder and when opened the cork came out too easily. the color was a cloudy purple and it had a stewy fruit nose to it with a touch of cough medicine. in the mouth the oxidation was pretty obvious but the wine was still drinkable. it was fairly concentrated and a bit syrupy. the taste of raisans and black fruits dominated. med finish med length. i think if the bottle was in better shape this would have been a very nice bottle of Grange

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• 2004 Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 90 Points

  Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Canberra District

  Was afraid this was going to be the beginning of headache Oz but was wrong. med dark color. on the noseit was a nice casis vanilla smell, slight reduction, but in general a rhone type nose just a little more sweet fruit to it. in the mouth there was a supple sweet fruit flavor. a little gamey but quite flavorfull. primary black fruit flavor.med long finish. the wine had great balance and i think will go foor quite some time

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• 2004 Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 90 Points

  Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Canberra District

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• 2004 John Duval Wines Shiraz Entity 91 Points

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

  Another wine i thought was going to be the start of my OZ headache but less alcohol than i thought at 13.5%. Purple color in the glass, again sweet vanill and fruit smell with a touch of cinnamon i thought.also a good whiff of black fruits on th enose.
  in the mouth it was supple yet a very full mouth of black fruits, casis and coffee. very well balanced and smooth. i think this one will also get better over next half dozen years. it was my second favorite wine of the night and i bought a case the next day

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• 1994 Pierro The Cabernets 90 Points

  Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

  Had never tried any of the Pierro's so this was nice. Dark purple color. On the nose leather, black currants, a little bit of toast. In the mouth quite minerally to start but then black fuit and cedar come in and it taste like a new style cab. nice bottle of wine with a long finish

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• 1982 Penfolds Grange 94 Points

  Australia, South Australia

  Color was still deep ruby with a little lightening around edges. the nose was a seductive mix of plums and red fruits, a touch of currants and some sweet spices. in the mouth it had the taste of a sweet light port with black and red currants.the wine had a slight jammy flavor with some fresh vanilla around the edges. I thought this was the wine of the night

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