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Eric gene Noack Likes this wine:

Tuesday, August 29, 2017 - Meat and oak on the nose.
The wine has been in Oak for 32 months and a year in bottle before release.
So if my maths are correct it was released around 2011-2012 hardly would a wine like this last only 3 years from release.
Maybe someone is getting it mixed up with French Rhone or maybe just have not the mature taste buds required for Aussie reds ?
Full bodied but lighter in colour and taste Than the 2009 Meshac from Grant Burge that I reviewed.
The oak certainly is there in spades, on the tongue, a very silky tannin with slight astringency at the front of the tongue.
The finish is lingering with fruit, no alcohol over taste ,no out of balance characters, that oak is ever present but not in a bad way.
A finely attuned wine , gives me the impression that another 10 years will see this done but at the moment it is still developing into a classic.

I will taste again in September 2018 or there abouts.

retail $120.00AU

2 December 2018.
The oak has softened and now there is very rich fruit coming through a broad, rich fruit.
On the nose less alcohol , the tongue softer ,light tannin and grip, still alive but intense deepening of the fruit has occurred.

This has to be at it's peak and has improved since my first tasting and gets an extra point.
just a beautiful deep rich wine of immense quality from a low yielding year.
$95.00AU

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