7/18/2023 - Cellar Bear Likes this wine:

Alluring bouquet, great mouth feel, complex rich flavour. This full bodied wine is now at its peak. Should stay there for many years provided the cork holds up.

11/11/2018 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Drinking really well at the moment but its time to drink up.

11/11/2018 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Goes well with spicy food. Needs a few more years.

8/4/2018 - Cellar Bear wrote:

- A Long finish - Getting better. A sophisticated Riesling of increasing complexity. Still years ahead.

7/1/2017 - Cellar Bear wrote:

- Yellow color - Really drinking nicely. Still plenty of time. A less citrusy style. Plenty of depth. Finishes slightly short.

4/25/2017 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Fading. Time to drink.

4/25/2017 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Better than the last bottle. Now peak drinking. Smooth rich wine. Excellent nose. Chocolate and cigars.

4/25/2017 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Crisp full citrus flavours. Plenty of body with a long finish. Looking forward to seeing this wine develop.

4/3/2017 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Now drinking well. Possible room for development at the margins but I'm not waiting!

1/28/2017 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Intense lime flavour. Long mineral backbone. Fabulous young Riesling. Looking forward to seeing it evolve.

1/28/2017 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Smooth, chocolate and cigars. Good length. Time to drink up.

12/13/2016 - Cellar Bear wrote:

- Light gold color with a full body. Round texture with a long finish - Drinking well. Still years of development ahead. Australian Chardonnay at its best

12/11/2016 - Cellar Bear wrote:

- Purple color with a medium/full body with a long finish - Still tight. Needs at least another 5 years. Bouquet very restrained.

12/9/2016 - Cellar Bear wrote:

- Purple color - Great bouquet. Body starting to fade. Perhaps time to drink up.

12/9/2016 - Cellar Bear wrote:

- Yellow color - Fabulous Riesling. Great length and citrus intensity. Still many years ahead for it.

9/3/2016 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Competent and quite pleasant without being particularly complex. Also needs more time.

8/5/2016 - Cellar Bear wrote:

- Yellow color - Honey flavour becoming quite pronounced. Not entirely balanced. Still many years of life in this one.

8/5/2016 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Textbook Shiraz Cabernet. Too raw for my taste. Try again in 3 years.

7/18/2016 - Cellar Bear wrote:

On last legs. Drink up

1/5/2016 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Fabulous stuff. Aged Hunter semillon at its peak. Time to drink up.

10/17/2015 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Fabulous nose and flavour. Just now hitting its straps.

9/14/2015 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Good stuff. Trademark Coonawarra. Still too young but on its way. Fabulous balance. Signs of great things to come.

2/15/2015 - Cellar Bear wrote:

- Greenish color with a medium finish - Promising. Intense citrus flavours finishing a slightly short.

2/1/2015 - Cellar Bear wrote:

- Light gold color - Still evolving. A little on the shy side. Some citrus and a hint of honey. Finishes short.

12/25/2014 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Wow. Classic 389 now drinking very well. Has many years ahead of it but I'm not sure I would be holding off. Nicely balanced integrated flavours.

12/17/2014 - Cellar Bear wrote:

- Medium/Full body. Linear texture with a long finish - Still a little tight. Needs a few more years.

12/6/2014 - Cellar Bear Likes this wine:

Good stuff. Now drinking very nicely. Drank with the friends 12 or so years after our first tasting. All delighted with how it evolved.

11/5/2014 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Drinking well. Medium body, rich spicy fruit. Has a few more years in it but unlikely to improve from here.

11/1/2014 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Corked.

9/12/2014 - Cellar Bear wrote:

- Brick color. It's unbalanced with a medium/full body. Linear texture - Viognier very pronounced on the nose when opened. Flavours are yet to integrate. Needs a lot more time.

9/12/2014 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Rich, powerful textbook Coonawarra Cab Sav. Great nose. Still has years of life ahead of it.

8/17/2014 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Not particularly nice. Alcohol dominating. Maybe the stelvin cap failed?

8/17/2014 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Drinking well. Medium body, good balance, still some fruit. Good nose, reasonable length.

8/17/2014 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Evolved nicely into a honeyed riesling. A tad sweeter than I prefer. Slightly oily and a hint of kerosene on the nose. Citrus finish pulls up a little short. Drink now.

8/14/2014 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Pleasant to drink. Not particularly complex. Seems unlikely to improve from here.

7/19/2014 - Cellar Bear wrote:

- Brick color - Big rich Australian shiraz that still needs time in the cellar (at least 5 years). At present closed and tight. Started strutting its stuff after a couple of hours.

7/7/2014 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Well developed Coonawarra Shiraz which is still drinking well but starting to show some of the early signs of decline. Drink up now!

6/5/2014 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Has evolved nicely into a sophisticated drop. Flinty citrus flavours with nice aged overtones.

6/5/2014 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Drinking very nicely. Probably hold up for a few more years.

3/13/2014 - Cellar Bear wrote:

- Brick color with medium forming legs. It's balanced with a full body. Smooth texture with a long finish - Rich intense flavour. Still some fresh fruit. Needed about an hour after decanting before opening out.

10/4/2013 - Cellar Bear Likes this wine:

Competent well executed example of cool climate shiraz but possibly doesn't live up to the accolades it has received. Finish not quite right to my taste.

11/18/2012 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Evolving nicely but needs more time. Rich intense Margaret River cabernet flavours - blackcurrents, cassis and chocolate.

11/16/2012 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Quite leafy nose when bottle opened. Well on way to maturity. Smooth, rich cabernet flavours with astringent finish.

11/16/2012 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Rich wine with great length. Grapefruit, pear, stone fruit flavours - very well integrated. Still has many years ahead of it.

10/10/2012 - Cellar Bear wrote:

Gooseberry lemony overtones; quite forward for young Hunter semillon. Refreshing summer drink. Drink now or with 7+ years bottle age.

11/9/2012 - Cellar Bear wrote:

At end of life. Primary fruit flavours gone. Chocolate overtones in secondary flavours. Pleasant enough and easy drinking after an hour.