4/26/2024 - phill mz wrote:

Bretty as. Barnyard dialed up to 11, Metallic and tinny. Shame.

4/19/2024 - phill mz Likes this wine:

Leather and spice. Great condition and excellent drinking.

4/11/2024 - phill mz Likes this wine:

Dense dark red with purple hints. Mint, tar, chocolate, black fruited. Soild wine. Must have been a beast in its youth. Very nice

4/11/2024 - phill mz Likes this wine:

Had started to leak so time to pull the cork. Pale amber red/brown, coffee, marsala, iodine, delicate and etheral, a great bottle. Huge amount of sediment. Showing very well for its age.

3/28/2024 - phill mz Likes this wine:

A great bottle. brick red, boot polish, old wood, tertiary characters, coffee beans, mid weight tannins, deep dark and soulful. Very nice

3/15/2024 - phill mz Likes this wine:

smoky, flint nose, slowly developing waxy palate, short acidic finish. Drinkers wine, not thinkers wine.

3/2/2024 - phill mz Likes this wine:

Burinshed Gold. Full flavored, textural, limes, sweet fruit with acid finish to refresh palate ready for the next glass.
V Nice.

2/22/2024 - phill mz Likes this wine:

fragrant strawberry, cherry, violets. medium weight palate. sweet fruit pastille. soft tannic finish.

2/18/2024 - phill mz wrote:

faulty - TCA.

1/27/2024 - phill mz wrote:

muddy, prunes, medicinal (brett). Tastes like a dry red - no pinosity.

1/25/2024 - phill mz Likes this wine:

pale straw color. lime pith, some petrol, still looking young for 21yo.

1/19/2024 - phill mz Likes this wine:

Pale yellow, light spritz, melon, cashew nut, finishes with slight sour/green note. Nice wine with time on it's side.

12/23/2023 - phill mz Likes this wine:

Slight spritz, talc, SO2, lemon/lime and fruit sweetness to balance palate. Great drinking still. will last another 10 years.

12/15/2023 - phill mz Likes this wine:

Still young and fresh. High acid, Coonawarra mint, mulberry, chalky tannins. Hardly moved on day 2.

12/7/2023 - phill mz Likes this wine:

Honeyed nose follows to palate. Apricot hints from Botrytis (low level). Tart acid to cleanse and refresh palate. some lactic elements come through on day 2. Hmmn

12/4/2023 - phill mz Likes this wine:

starts lean and chalky on nose and palate. elegant, red berries, Coonawarra mint, leafy, high acid palate. Day 2 has mellowed but still holding structure.
V Nice

11/30/2023 - phill mz Likes this wine:

Green/pale gold colour, petrol nose, light spritz, tart acid line. nice

11/16/2023 - phill mz Likes this wine:

Drinking so well. red berries, currant, camphor wood hints, high acid has helped longevity. Menthols, eucalypt hints indicate origin.
So nice.

10/28/2023 - phill mz Likes this wine:

Chock mint vanilla nose and pallet. Big integrated vanilla oak. drinking well now.

10/26/2023 - phill mz wrote:

Faulty. TCA (cork taint) spoiled this. So sad.

10/17/2023 - phill mz Likes this wine:

Deep red, browning on rim. Firm tannins, mint. Mellow on palate. Dark berries, Mulberry. Held up well over 3 days open. Best on day 1 and 3.
V Nice

9/29/2023 - phill mz Likes this wine:

burnished gold, full viscous palate, marzipan, violet crumble. This vintage has not held up as good as 2000.
Nice drinking as a tribute to the passing of John Vickery, winemaker. Vale.

9/16/2023 - phill mz Likes this wine:

still maturing slowly. light amber, petrol, ginger, pecan nut. nice acid finish. nice

8/25/2023 - phill mz Likes this wine:

youthful purple/red. Vanilla, anise, blackcurrant nose. Smooth palate with wine gum, blackcurrant, dusty oak tannins. Still a baby.

8/14/2023 - phill mz Likes this wine:

unusual nose, tree sap, smoky. palate crisp and long.
Great options wine.

7/28/2023 - phill mz Likes this wine:

lovely riesling drank too young.

7/27/2023 - phill mz Likes this wine:

ripe,port/prunes with drying finish

7/21/2023 - phill mz Likes this wine:

oak now dominant leaving a slightly bitter taste. Drink up if you have any. (Could just be a bad cork though). Damn tree bark.

7/4/2023 - phill mz Likes this wine:

magenta, browning rim. Coffee, Chocolate, vanilla, dark fruit berry.
Very nice and at peak.

6/29/2023 - phill mz Likes this wine:

really nice, pomegranate molasses, tar, mid weight tannins.

5/23/2023 - phill mz Likes this wine:

looking good for 41yo. 12% Alc. Lighweight, elegant palate still has interest. Capsicum, leather, toasty oak barrels.
Nice

4/18/2023 - phill mz wrote:

bretty, bandaids

4/22/2022 - phill mz Likes this wine:

Still hanging there. Big, rich, ripe tarry. Mulled black fruits. Alc on finish. Rich tannins, large amount of sediment.
Nice.

4/19/2022 - phill mz Likes this wine:

Big inky dense black. Masses of mulberry ripe fruit followed by rich tannins. Some eucalypt but drowned out by the ripe fruit.
Excellent drinking. Better on day 2.

4/14/2022 - phill mz wrote:

PnP, sweet fruit non varietal specific, flat palate, some herbs.
Day 3, much better, big solid wine, plum, tar, heavy extract, bay leaf, firm tannins, leafy finish.
will come back in 5 years and hope for the best.

4/3/2022 - phill mz Likes this wine:

pale straw, lemon curd, creamy custard apple, acid fresh finish.
Beautiful wine.

3/30/2022 - phill mz Likes this wine:

looking good on opening with red fruits, firm tannins and some cedar and mint. Looks like a Coonawarra cabernet should. Day 2 and the wine was more integrated, compost leaf, stewed mulberry, and vanilla oak. Nice savoury firm tannins to finish. Enjoyed it so much.

3/5/2022 - phill mz Likes this wine:

Leather, spice, star anise, plum. Wood still dominant.
Nice

1/30/2022 - phill mz Likes this wine:

still looks young. very nice.

1/28/2022 - phill mz Likes this wine:

burnished gold color, brown lime, toast, viscous front with acid bright finish. fully mature.
nice drinking if you like them old but not dead.

1/22/2022 - phill mz Likes this wine:

Big round palate, needs to be served cool. Pineapple, goosberry, intense.

1/14/2022 - phill mz wrote:

When first purchased these were disjointed and unappealing.
Has come together and drinking nice at the moment. Doesn't have any sense of place. Lime from Clare and round fruit feel from Eden valley. Do not think this is a long keeper. Drink the rest soon.

1/8/2022 - phill mz Likes this wine:

Had started to leak so time to open. I initially seaweed iodine stinky but blew off. Full rich tarry palate, leather, mulled berries. Past best but still a great drink.
6hrs later had developed bitumen, balsamic and creosote.

1/5/2022 - phill mz Likes this wine:

lovely aged wine. Soft fruit driven palate with oak under, mulberry, plum flavors rounded by age. Silky palate with leather and cedarwood.
Sadly my last bottle.

1/2/2022 - phill mz wrote:

wonderful wine. Rich creamy palate with cleansing acidity on finish.

1/2/2022 - phill mz wrote:

took ages to open up. Nice drinking. Probably would have benefited decanting.

1/1/2022 - phill mz wrote:

Big round fat palate dominates any acid freshness.
Underwhelming.

11/20/2021 - phill mz Likes this wine:

brick red, with air the porty, prune characters came forward. Smooth on the palate. Started to fall apart with air.
Leaving it longer would have been a mistake.

10/6/2021 - phill mz wrote:

deep color, tawny rim. Plum, mulberry and sweet finish. Light spritz still showing. Approx 30g/l dosage from memory.
Really nice drinking.

9/21/2021 - phill mz wrote:

Corked, TCA. Darn.