Community Tasting Notes 5

• NoelB Likes this wine: 93 points

  May 23, 2023 - Age really improves

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• Stonewws wrote:

  July 29, 2017 - Great nose on opening but all over the place on the palette with a metallic after taste. Needed an hour in the decanter and became a totally different wine. Far more intergrated and very enjoyable. Soft tannins and still some primary fruit.

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• jmht wrote: 89 points

  September 7, 2009 - Still a dense blackberry bomb. Decanted an hour prior to serving. No signs of maturity yet.

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• jmht wrote: 88 points

  January 17, 2009 - My third bottle of this vintage, the other two consumed over the past 8 years. It remains dense blackberry nose, palate with big blackberry, mint (blows off in 1 hr) and residual eucalytpus, nice grip. Still vigorous tannins. I will hold off for another 3-5 years for the last bottle.

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• winefool wrote: 89 points

  July 1, 2000 - Nice hand-crafted cab. A little 'murky', but still tasty. Could use a little more time (7/00)

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• Vintage 1996
• Type Red
• Producer Charles Melton
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Australia
• Region South Australia
• SubRegion Barossa
• Appellation Barossa Valley

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• In Cellars 6 (30%)
• Consumed 14 (70%)

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