4/18/24, 4:53 PM - I thought this initially, but open and leave this for 24 hours. Any less and it does not really do it justice. It changes completely. Fantastic wine.
10/9/22, 6:51 PM - This needs a lot of air. I left this opened for about 30 hours and it changed immensely. Sipped on in for another 6 hours after and it was fantastic.
6/5/22, 6:46 PM - +1 Drank one last night. Long decant helped. I have had a couple of bad bottles out of the 12 (Bretty) but most have been very good indeed.
6/12/21, 12:44 AM - No drank in one sitting, ex Dans stock. I just love the straight cab sav from this vintage. The straight one I drank over 2 days, but it did not change that much. Both lovely wines.
6/9/21, 7:12 PM - Thanks! Honestly the first was one great, the next two very faulty. Glad yours was good. I may even have one left.
6/25/20, 3:00 PM - June 2020 and the note would be the same. 5 years and we will see. Hard going but has potential, oak flavours and tannins mentioned by others are distracting.
5/31/20, 5:00 PM - Not with this wine obviously. I often list the food so I can search later for a match. Oh and fuck you too.
4/4/20, 6:04 AM - Don't wait too much longer on these. Still good now but will not improve.
2/20/20, 4:34 PM - Ha! No not faulty at all. I would mention the possibility if that was the case. Its just the wine. I liked it, gave it 90 but my thoughts stand. It has been made like a top level Cabernet. Winemakers...
7/27/19, 7:04 AM - Day 2 on this wine and it is enjoyable, more like barolo really. It's all cherry and almonds but I still wonder what could have been. The oak is lingering and the lighter floral parts of the wine are muddied. Many will love this as a bargain barolo but I will stand with my initial review, great fruit and I am sure it will develop into a very good wine but at the expense of a younger drinking, complex Nebbiolo. Expectations and personal preferences really.
6/25/19, 6:13 PM - The 2006 wines have been drinking very well over the past couple of years. This one is still very tightly woven and in my opinion it will get better and more expressive so keep it if you can. It is fine to drink now but give it a long decant (all day) to open up.
2/4/19, 3:02 PM - Yes, I bought 18 of these and have gone through 6. I find a lot of Hunter Shiraz drop into a phase that they are drinkable but really similar and unremarkable. The ones that start out lighter and prettier tend to fare better in the long term in my experience. My guess is this one will be solid, if not robust drinking down the track but lack that floral complexity that the best take with them.
2/5/19, 2:27 PM - Yes. certainly. The vintages released since this one are not.
2/4/19, 2:55 PM - Interesting comment. Perhaps they got a bit cooked on the way to the US. The label is, generally, built for the long haul and 2012 is a good example of this wine. I find 10-15 years the sweet spot but still have 1998s drinking well and 2008 still a bit young (although that one is not the norm). Some people consider this one of the most prominent and important wines in Australia. It is certainly the most collected.
2/22/18, 9:27 PM - Have drunk a few and not really happy. OOB with oak, not soft enough. Maybe in another 5-7 it might integrate a bit but its probably not big enough.
3/5/18, 5:48 PM - Ha. :) Yes. I drank a couple a while back and I reckon they use the same type of oak as Tulloch which I don't like all that much in white wine. I think Scarborough also tastes similar but normally they have better Chardonnay. Its probably not that out of balance but I can taste it, and perhaps now a bit sick of it as the better half drinks tons of Tulloch.
2/22/18, 9:25 PM - Yep. Was hoping for a change in 2014 but same as the past 6 or so years. Wine by chemistry. Crazy acid.
11/21/17, 2:21 PM - Full bottle will be fine for another 5 years. The halves should probably be drunk withing that period. Unless you like your shiraz quite aged, which I certainly don't.
10/3/17, 3:29 PM - Certainly got the pooey funk in this on the weekend. Was OK and we drank it but mixed with the sweetness (and some other savoury wine beforehand) I found it a bit sickly. 89 for me.
9/6/17, 3:43 PM - I am not sure if this was an atypical bottle. If you only have one then perhaps looks for others notes. If you have more then yes open one and see how it goes. Good wine but this bottle seemed older than its years.
7/16/17, 5:08 PM - I know this is an old review but the wine is not Hunter.
7/12/17, 10:17 PM - Agree on this one PC. Had a cherry cola thing that was nice drinking. Glad cork held up.
7/12/17, 10:10 PM - Agree with all of this. Still seems quite young really, not fully balanced but quite enjoyable.
6/15/17, 8:07 PM - Thank you, I have fixed this now.
3/5/17, 6:11 PM - Julian, as a general comment you may be right but I think this wine in particular is evolving very well. I would say for me that it is really quite full bodied, but more refined and less flabby than some others from that part of Australia. It has all the ingredients for it to evolve for some time to come (including screwcap), so I don't see a problem in terms of improving for at least another 5 years. 2006 Simpatico is drinking fantastically at the moment BTW.
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