Medium ruby apprarance; medium intensity of aromas of raspberry, red cherry, red plum, strong reductive flint, sage, thyme, cinnamon, clove, cedar, and potting soil. Dry and medium acid; medium minus body with medium alcohol; medium finish. Good wine with nice age and a solid raspberry/cherry palate; reductive approach is only on the nose.
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1st of 3 for me and this was certainly a surprise. I tend to like the Aussies with some age on them but given some recent notes here, I figured I'd check in on one. While it's still got a youthful constitution, I don't see this as an ager, but the surprising thing was how restrained it is. Blind I would have guessed this as Cotes-du-Rhone or a Beaujolais, maybe a pinot or Spanish garnacha, but definitely not a Barossa grenache! Interesting.
Ruby to garnet color with transparency. Aromas of graphite, wet stone, ash, floral, and red fruit. Light to medium body, medium acid and finish, with flavors of cherry, strawberry, lemon, orange peel, and light spice. Very feminine (am I not supposed to say that anymore?) and restrained. Food versatile—this is a red to go with chicken or the right type of fish preparation (tomatoes). I like it. Don't think it needs to age, so I'll probably rip through my others. 90-91
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Very old vine grenache. Med garnet, showing a little age. Med (+) aromas of ripe maraschino cherry, wild raspberry jam, plum sauce, smoke, sweet baking spices. Judicious oak. Dry, but fruit forward, with med acidity, med, resolved tannins and high alcohol (14% but perceived as a bit lower). Med (+) body, flavor intensity and length, with a very pleasant slightly balsamic, sweet and sour finish. Very good by itself but very versatile with food. Age-worthy, but not likely to improve with further aging.
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Warm, deep and rich, but not in an Aussie fruit-bomb kinda way. Dark cherry, leather and elegant tertiary spice flavour that doesn't seem oaky. Chewy tannins. Delish.
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This seemed very good for the price. Stawberry at first, but then mostly dark cherry, wet stones, candied fruit, licorice, with a cayenne spice on the finish. With the candy flavors, this reminded me of a New World Pinot Noir.
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Fairly closed straight out of the bottle. After an hour in the glass it improved dramatically and kept getting better with time. Delicious wine. Can drink this all day.
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Off an 80 year old vineyard at 400+ meters above sea level. This is a beautiful, highly perfumed Grenache. The aroma is bright and spicy with notes of sandalwood, red berries, cherries and licorice. It is silky in the mouth, building through the palate to finish savoury and dry. Quite possibly the best value red wine in Australia.
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11/27/2021 - bweber79 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Medium ruby apprarance; medium intensity of aromas of raspberry, red cherry, red plum, strong reductive flint, sage, thyme, cinnamon, clove, cedar, and potting soil. Dry and medium acid; medium minus body with medium alcohol; medium finish. Good wine with nice age and a solid raspberry/cherry palate; reductive approach is only on the nose.
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8/16/2021 - studleytrey Likes this wine: 91 Points
1st of 3 for me and this was certainly a surprise. I tend to like the Aussies with some age on them but given some recent notes here, I figured I'd check in on one. While it's still got a youthful constitution, I don't see this as an ager, but the surprising thing was how restrained it is. Blind I would have guessed this as Cotes-du-Rhone or a Beaujolais, maybe a pinot or Spanish garnacha, but definitely not a Barossa grenache! Interesting.
Ruby to garnet color with transparency. Aromas of graphite, wet stone, ash, floral, and red fruit. Light to medium body, medium acid and finish, with flavors of cherry, strawberry, lemon, orange peel, and light spice. Very feminine (am I not supposed to say that anymore?) and restrained. Food versatile—this is a red to go with chicken or the right type of fish preparation (tomatoes). I like it. Don't think it needs to age, so I'll probably rip through my others. 90-91
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1/31/2021 - TannicBeast Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very old vine grenache. Med garnet, showing a little age. Med (+) aromas of ripe maraschino cherry, wild raspberry jam, plum sauce, smoke, sweet baking spices. Judicious oak. Dry, but fruit forward, with med acidity, med, resolved tannins and high alcohol (14% but perceived as a bit lower). Med (+) body, flavor intensity and length, with a very pleasant slightly balsamic, sweet and sour finish. Very good by itself but very versatile with food. Age-worthy, but not likely to improve with further aging.
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12/24/2020 - rhg Likes this wine: 90 Points
Chocolate, blackberry, forest floor. Leather. Overripe red cherry. A bit in your face. But good.
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9/15/2020 - Richard123 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Powerful pop of grenache / fruit flavor, thoroughly enjoyed it. QPR good too, but definitely an Aussie "in your face" style.
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10/15/2019 - snarfglk Likes this wine: 90 Points
good lively grenache; evens out with air
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10/6/2019 - snarfglk Likes this wine: 90 Points
Better day 3, hence the higher score.
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5/29/2019 - Teawine Likes this wine:
Warm, deep and rich, but not in an Aussie fruit-bomb kinda way. Dark cherry, leather and elegant tertiary spice flavour that doesn't seem oaky. Chewy tannins. Delish.
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4/22/2019 - jkscully Likes this wine:
This seemed very good for the price. Stawberry at first, but then mostly dark cherry, wet stones, candied fruit, licorice, with a cayenne spice on the finish. With the candy flavors, this reminded me of a New World Pinot Noir.
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12/28/2018 - snarfglk Likes this wine: 89 Points
As others noted, a bit closed for day 1. Opened up day 2 (much better than day 1) but still not exuberant. Maybe a slightly off bottle.
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1/22/2018 - Stevecci Likes this wine: 92 Points
Fairly closed straight out of the bottle. After an hour in the glass it improved dramatically and kept getting better with time. Delicious wine. Can drink this all day.
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1/14/2018 - Stevecci Likes this wine: 90 Points
Needs an hour or two for the flavors to reveal itself. Better than expected. Can drink this all day.
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5/25/2016 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Off an 80 year old vineyard at 400+ meters above sea level. This is a beautiful, highly perfumed Grenache. The aroma is bright and spicy with notes of sandalwood, red berries, cherries and licorice. It is silky in the mouth, building through the palate to finish savoury and dry. Quite possibly the best value red wine in Australia.
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5/8/2016 - Avid Wino wrote: 91 Points
Raspberry, musk, rose petals, spice. Refreshing acidity, spiky grainy tannin. Score is for now. I reckon this'll be better in a year or few.
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