Community Tasting Notes 5

• Zoltán Németi Likes this wine: 96 points

  July 1, 2022 - Stunning. Bright and red fruited, with some hibiscus and smoked ham savouriness. A hint of Hunter semillon in the aromatics, quite interesting. Elegant, graceful, almost weightless, hardly medium-bodied. Pinot-like in a way, but it has a creamier texture. Proper, but not marked tannins, alcohol is a tad elevated. A nuanced, detailed wine, the complete opposite of the ripe and big Barossa shiraz. What an intense flavor and length of aftertaste. Brilliant wine with such a unique character.
  
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• Screwcaps Likes this wine: 95 points

  July 8, 2019 - On day one this wine was really out of sorts- creamy, full bodied, touch of liquorice and molasses. I just couldn’t see its quality.
  
  On day two, wow, such a huge transformation to a light bodied, elegant and long Hunter.
  
  Colour is very pretty high reflection purple red. Ground coffee, cacao nibs and woody spice on the nose.
  
  Light bodied rhubarb and raspberry on entry.
  
  Translucent through the middle with an almost ethereal grace, fine and gentle red earth.
  
  Savoury red dirt and earth bring this light bodied, detailed, and polished Shiraz to a cooling persistent finish.
  
  If you go at it now, decant for 7 hours. Look at this in 10 years.

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• Bsmith457 wrote: 96 points

  June 23, 2019 - Red black colour. Beautiful aromatics. Strong aroma of black fruit, pepper and spice. Black fruit dominates, plum, blackberry, blueberry Medium body, pepper, turmeric, very fine tannin. A bit sharp on the finish. A great wine given time,

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• graemeg wrote:

  May 31, 2019 - Hunter Valley - 3 Cellar Doors (Hunter Valley): {screwcap, 14%, A$90} A new ‘Sacred Site’, not yet sold out. Harvested Feb 1; all of 2700 litres produced. This has polished blackberries on the nose, intense and pointed, but never heavy. The palate has medium/high acidity, low/medium powdery tannins, medium weight and a medium length, even palate, with youthful, black-tinged savoury flavours. Time, gentlemen, please. Hard to see value, yes; but then all the Sacred Site red wines are a single cask giving just 250-300 dozen bottles, so rarity must have its price.

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• CamWheeler wrote: 91 points

  May 27, 2019 - Tyrrell's 2018 Red Release Tasting: Darker in colour than the 4 acres. Smoky meat and earth, roses, white florals and cranberry. Bright fruit on the palate with plenty of acid. High toned and carries long, but really needs time to settle down. Hope to see it again in time.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type Red
• Producer Tyrrell's
• Varietal Shiraz
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard 8 Acres
• Country Australia
• Region New South Wales
• SubRegion Hunter Valley
• Appellation Hunter Valley

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• In Cellars 179 (92%)
• Consumed 15 (8%)

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