In its drinking window to 2021. Tannins are fine but not silky, but Clare is not necessarily about shy retiring Shiraz in any event. Cool climate yes, but not overly so. Dense red fruit still abundant and acid has softened from youth but still has the backbone to see it through 4 years of great drinking and a full 10 if you happened to have forgotten the bottle by mistake. Employable for the dollars.
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Drank from a 50ml. Seemed like a nice blend of typical Aussie shiraz (full body, lots of fruit) and a cool-climate syrah (bloody meat, a little metallic). It wasn't enough wine to really appreciate, so I wont' try to score it, but I would be willing to buy this again.
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{screwcap, 14.5%} Developing - or at least not exactly fresh. Prunes, raisins, stewed rhubarb, stewed blackberry. For me, this is verging on over-ripe, dead-grape characters. There's a hard acid spine to this - not at all natural tasting - and fine but gritty tannins. It's medium-full bodied, I suppose - it's one of these wines that start off huge and then fade very quickly. There's a hollowness to the short finish too. There's a real sweetness to the nose; I don't think there's much RS here on the palate, but it can't avoid a somewhat confected feel to it. Remarkable that it seems to sell for ~A$35, because I reckon you could do much better for the money. Doesn't exactly scream Clare Valley either, if it comes to that...
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Have a feeling that this will always be better as a younger wine. Fresh and juicy, well put together with dense (but not overripe) dark berries, smoky bacon, creamy oak and nice tannins. Nice wine and reasonable value.
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8/5/2017 - Basketpress01 Likes this wine: 91 Points
In its drinking window to 2021. Tannins are fine but not silky, but Clare is not necessarily about shy retiring Shiraz in any event. Cool climate yes, but not overly so. Dense red fruit still abundant and acid has softened from youth but still has the backbone to see it through 4 years of great drinking and a full 10 if you happened to have forgotten the bottle by mistake. Employable for the dollars.
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8/5/2013 - Quarked wrote:
Drank from a 50ml. Seemed like a nice blend of typical Aussie shiraz (full body, lots of fruit) and a cool-climate syrah (bloody meat, a little metallic). It wasn't enough wine to really appreciate, so I wont' try to score it, but I would be willing to buy this again.
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7/28/2012 - graemeg wrote:
{screwcap, 14.5%} Developing - or at least not exactly fresh. Prunes, raisins, stewed rhubarb, stewed blackberry. For me, this is verging on over-ripe, dead-grape characters. There's a hard acid spine to this - not at all natural tasting - and fine but gritty tannins. It's medium-full bodied, I suppose - it's one of these wines that start off huge and then fade very quickly. There's a hollowness to the short finish too. There's a real sweetness to the nose; I don't think there's much RS here on the palate, but it can't avoid a somewhat confected feel to it. Remarkable that it seems to sell for ~A$35, because I reckon you could do much better for the money. Doesn't exactly scream Clare Valley either, if it comes to that...
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5/9/2012 - deverett wrote: 90 Points
Have a feeling that this will always be better as a younger wine. Fresh and juicy, well put together with dense (but not overripe) dark berries, smoky bacon, creamy oak and nice tannins. Nice wine and reasonable value.
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