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• retired_and_roving wrote:

  June 27, 2019 - 2 weeks in Australia with a stopover in Singapore; 6/14/2019-7/1/2019 (Singapore, Sydney, Adelaide, McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Adelaide Hills): Tasted at the winery. 21.6% ABV. Nose of dark chocolate, mocha and orange peel. Creamier on palate than the '14 but also less focused, much more chocolatey and less spice, feels quite round - less acid - shorter finish.

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• MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  June 27, 2019 - Return to Aus; 6/23/2019-7/5/2019 (Adelaide, South Australia wine regions, Tassie, Yarra, etc.): Again that fruitcake/christmas spice flavor just jumps right out at me. There's a bit of a the dark chocolate and maybe some rum raisin (Nigel who did our tasting pointed this out and once he did I found it popping out much more at me). Some smokiness here and almost a matchstick quality. Very soft and easy to drink. This was 21.6% alc but it was so integrated and soft that you didn't feel it so much. Perhaps a touch more than the others so it was interesting to see it was one of the higher alcs. Very special.

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• CamWheeler wrote: 99 points

  May 28, 2015 - Seppeltsfield 100 year old para vertical: Mahogany coloured. Cherry, cedar, olive, dark chocolate, coconut and ground coffee - plenty of interest and depth on this nose. There is plenty of VA lift to it and you feel drawn into the depths of this wine with each sniff. The palate is incredibly dense and it feels like each sip must stain your palate. The rancio character slots in perfectly and the texture is unreal. The viscosity along with the spark of freshness is a wonder.

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• Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 97 points

  May 28, 2015 - Seppeltsfield WW1 Para Centennial Tasting 1914-18 (Randwick Racecourse, The Stables room): Black and very dense, a faint green hue. After a swirl it literally takes minutes for the residue to completely slide back down.
  Rich nose, vanilla is strong, butterscotch too, concentrated fruitcake, tar, caramel and a green edge of olive tapenade.
  Thick and syrupy but with quite enough acidity to leave a clean crisp finish. The flavours last forever, incredible length. Flavours follow the nose with more of the sweeter crime caramel as well as bright concentrated berry flavours and a hint of pine needles. Slightly brighter fruit and more interest than the 1914

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• Collector1855 wrote: 95 points

  February 25, 2015 - Check-up on Australia with Tim Wildman, MW (Adelaide/Barossa): 100 year old Tawny, just bottled and released by Seppeltsfiel one month ago. This property hast vintage Tawnys going back to 1878 in individual barrels! The cellar master mentioned that from 100 liters of Tawny you will only get 10 liters after 100 years, so 90% is lost due to evaporation, the so called “angel’s share”. Take that into account as well as the fact that you have to NPV the earnings for a centennial. Blackish-brown color. Very medicinal nose around iodine, anise seeds with some tobacco. Full bodied with still lots of freshness. Long finish.

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• Vintage 1915
• Type Red - Fortified
• Producer Seppeltsfield
• Varietal Red Blend
• Designation Para 100 Vintage Tawny
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Australia
• Region South Australia
• SubRegion Barossa
• Appellation Barossa Valley

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