10/2/2019 - thesternowl Likes this wine:

Deep, dark purple. Plenty of brambles and spice...but really, there’s nothing here that gets me excited. This is a good wine and it’s quite quaffable actually, but not particularly remarkable to me. A bit of a reminder as to why I only focus on a handful of producers in CdP anymore.

8/1/2019 - Bathtub58 wrote:

Day 1: Popped and poured. Consumed 1/3 bottle over two hours. Minimal aromas and flavors. A bit astringent. Not much to enjoy here now or in the near term. I’m not convinced there is long term upside. Replaced cork.
Day 30: Fell apart, whereas I’ve seen other wines blossom with this much time.

6/5/2018 - azzah wrote:

Drink now if you have one before the brett takes over. Please Michel, if you’re going to charge this much for a wine, ensure it’s clean. Lots of beautiful, plush red and black fruit underneath but it’s been obscured by bandage aromas and flavours.

9/30/2013 - azzah Likes this wine:

Purple/red colour, just starting to orange around the edges. This is my third of these now - one previously from 2001 and the other from 2004 - but this is the first one that has not been cork affected in some way. And wow what a difference.

This is a massively flavoured, bold, alcholic wine. And it has massive impact. It is NOT for pinot lovers. Right in the drinking zone too, I think - it has a wonderful hit of upfront fruit - black cherry and plums with hints of raspberry and cranberry - but with a background of complex secondary flavours - leather, mushroom, tobacco. Oak still evident but sitting much further in the background. This is a wine that is very pleasant and complete just by itself or with a nice vintage cheddar and some salami.

6/18/2013 - azzah Likes this wine:

Beautiful colour - a vibrant blue/purple. And what a wine. Perfumed. Violets, meat and blood, pepper and spice, black and blueberries on the nose.

The flavours are Cornas writ large, with black and blueberries, meats, pepper and spice, licorice, and closing with black olive. A ferrous minerality too. Fine mouth coating tannin. Depth, complexity and length. Just amazing. I didn't want this bottle to end - it left me mesmerised.

5/5/2013 - azzah Likes this wine:

Beautiful red/purple colour.

This is a such a beautiful Barossa Shiraz. Who said Barossa shiraz can't be balanced and approachable? Aromas of violets, berries - red and dark, and hints of anise. Raspberry, boysenberry, chocolate, licorice and gentle spice in the mouth. Really velvety tannins. So easy to drink with food. Will be great with 5 - 10 years on it.