Deep purple with red rim. Pleasant Leathery musky aroma. Medium body with short finish. Coarse taste with minimal fruit, underlying tannin and a bit of alcohol burn. Not a bad wine but a bit past its best.
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Rich nose and immediately attractive when opened. Good colour - slight browning at rim. Excellent 1h after decanting - pure blackcurrant on nose and palate but velvety with fully integrated tannins. No eucalyptus on nose or palate at first. With time, the wine developed tremendously in the glass. Great legs! The fruit character developed and the second glass still showed blackcurrant at first but this evolved into big cherry, tarry, smoky complexity. Eucalyptus later but subtle. With a rare aged ribeye steak, the wine was lovely - it softened and grew further in complexity. A lovely, classy bottle. Not yet losing its fine qualities. I wish we had more!
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(a winter's eve slow roast with Mich&Bo and Newan) Quiet nose, which opens up with time to reveal musky vegetal notes, tomato stem, toasted bell pepper, dark plums, faded cassis. The taste is a tad empty, overshadowed by structural puckery tannins amidst fractured impressions of floral and licorice sweetness, bitter smoke, dark spices, cedar, cigarbox, and again green stems and mushrooms. Short finish, ending on some ferrous notes and characteristic Coonawarra eucalypts. Quite a different personality from my previous bottle.
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Dark, almost black in the glass. Quiet, introverted nose on pouring, with a clear ferrous quality and herbaciousness which blooms with time in the glass, growing in umami characters. Stemmy herbs, chockful of dark dusty berries, cocoa powder, some capsicum, and rather prominent eucalypt mintyness. Focused and clean, there is also some savoury-ness, earth and cough syrup towards the end. Eloquently soft velvet tannins at this stage with sinuous structure, but still a considerable wine which is drinking very well now. A food wine, this paired VERY well with a Lamb Saag.
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Very deep colour. Explosive, eucalyptus, deep and rich, excellent fruit, terra rossa in a bottle, wood completely absorbed; so rich, concentrated and velvety that it is perfectly drinkable straight from the cellar (at 12C), even though it has truckloads of dry extract and a masculine structure. An excellent example of a marriage of power and finesse. Perfect now but will last for 10 more years, although I question whether it will gain a lot from further aging.
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Delicious ripe fruit, minerally depth, beefstock, rich tannins, good weight and length, touch of eucalyptus; not very intense or concentrated but perfect with Turkey with all the trimmings.
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I'm not great believer in decanting except for some very young wines, but the overpowering eucalyptus in this bottle demanded it. After a 2 hour decant proved itself a quite pleasant understated medium-bodied drop with nice minerality, reserved fruit and sensible use of oak. (I imagine this an inky monster in youth). No point in sitting on it for too long.
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Deep, rich and powerful Cabernet, well-structured and speaking of its terra rossa terroir, needs some time but goes very well with spicy food; the next day excellent, expressive, powerful, ripe and rounded.
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Cough syrup. Eucalyptus, Aftereight chocolate. Liquorice. Thick, abundantly ample wine. Jammy. Should be great with a big steak. Sundried tomatos, sweet, spicey pineforest. No room for serious acid. Cherries, serious tannin. 16/20.
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Cough syrup overtones killed the cat. Actually, there's a lot to like here, but the hole berry/eucalyptis thing drags it down. There's nice oak, smoke, vanilla and earth, but I can't get over the sweet-and-mint sock in the jaw. Maybe more time? Or maybe it just aint my kinda wine.
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Coonawarra, 14%. Rich and appealing, sweet fruit of cherries and blackberries, mint, round but with juicy acidity and creamy tannins, clove, terra rossa, dried coconut, good definition, good length. Drinking well now - 2016.
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Medium density, red/purple. Classic Coonawarra nose of mint and vanillan oak. Balanced, big palate of cassis, peppermint and pencil box. Thoroughly enjoyable and no point holding on to any longer.
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This was joy to drink smokey cherry and dense. Nice balance firm tannin and alcohol. This is an unfiltered wine and structured showed. I am sorry that I didn't age a bit more since I think it would improve it even more and sadly I only had one.
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Great wine! Firm, balanced, and complex. Nose of cherry and smoke. On the pallete comes dark fruit, cherry, prunes, and some vanilla. On the finish plums, leather and iron ore cut and fade with impressive length.
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Rich, purple, good viscosity; blackcurrant, spicy oak, thyme, still marked by tannin and acidity; softens quickly on the palate, crushed red fruit, solid structure, oak; good length. Stylish. Will improve, drink now-2016.
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Cabernets from around the world (Kungsholmen, Stockholm): Lots of minty eucalyptus, actually a little too much, think "After Eight", black currants, spicy herbs; quite tannic, dark berries, some oak and liquorice. A food wine.
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9/2/2016 - cab blends wrote: 88 Points
Onion nose - which is distracting. Dry lighter body.
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7/30/2015 - RegBK wrote:
With Lisa
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4/20/2015 - Bsmith457 wrote: 86 Points
Deep purple with red rim. Pleasant Leathery musky aroma. Medium body with short finish. Coarse taste with minimal fruit, underlying tannin and a bit of alcohol burn. Not a bad wine but a bit past its best.
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5/3/2014 - johnrm Likes this wine: 91 Points
Rich nose and immediately attractive when opened. Good colour - slight browning at rim. Excellent 1h after decanting - pure blackcurrant on nose and palate but velvety with fully integrated tannins. No eucalyptus on nose or palate at first.
With time, the wine developed tremendously in the glass. Great legs! The fruit character developed and the second glass still showed blackcurrant at first but this evolved into big cherry, tarry, smoky complexity. Eucalyptus later but subtle.
With a rare aged ribeye steak, the wine was lovely - it softened and grew further in complexity.
A lovely, classy bottle. Not yet losing its fine qualities. I wish we had more!
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5/26/2012 - JerM wrote: 91 Points
(a winter's eve slow roast with Mich&Bo and Newan) Quiet nose, which opens up with time to reveal musky vegetal notes, tomato stem, toasted bell pepper, dark plums, faded cassis. The taste is a tad empty, overshadowed by structural puckery tannins amidst fractured impressions of floral and licorice sweetness, bitter smoke, dark spices, cedar, cigarbox, and again green stems and mushrooms. Short finish, ending on some ferrous notes and characteristic Coonawarra eucalypts. Quite a different personality from my previous bottle.
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3/21/2012 - JerM wrote: 92 Points
Dark, almost black in the glass. Quiet, introverted nose on pouring, with a clear ferrous quality and herbaciousness which blooms with time in the glass, growing in umami characters. Stemmy herbs, chockful of dark dusty berries, cocoa powder, some capsicum, and rather prominent eucalypt mintyness. Focused and clean, there is also some savoury-ness, earth and cough syrup towards the end. Eloquently soft velvet tannins at this stage with sinuous structure, but still a considerable wine which is drinking very well now. A food wine, this paired VERY well with a Lamb Saag.
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1/29/2011 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points
Very deep colour. Explosive, eucalyptus, deep and rich, excellent fruit, terra rossa in a bottle, wood completely absorbed; so rich, concentrated and velvety that it is perfectly drinkable straight from the cellar (at 12C), even though it has truckloads of dry extract and a masculine structure. An excellent example of a marriage of power and finesse. Perfect now but will last for 10 more years, although I question whether it will gain a lot from further aging.
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12/25/2009 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 90 Points
Delicious ripe fruit, minerally depth, beefstock, rich tannins, good weight and length, touch of eucalyptus; not very intense or concentrated but perfect with Turkey with all the trimmings.
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4/11/2008 - DirkM wrote:
I'm not great believer in decanting except for some very young wines, but the overpowering eucalyptus in this bottle demanded it. After a 2 hour decant proved itself a quite pleasant understated medium-bodied drop with nice minerality, reserved fruit and sensible use of oak. (I imagine this an inky monster in youth). No point in sitting on it for too long.
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3/30/2008 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points
Deep, rich and powerful Cabernet, well-structured and speaking of its terra rossa terroir, needs some time but goes very well with spicy food; the next day excellent, expressive, powerful, ripe and rounded.
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11/13/2007 - DavidK wrote: 86 Points
Cough syrup. Eucalyptus, Aftereight chocolate. Liquorice. Thick, abundantly ample wine. Jammy. Should be great with a big steak. Sundried tomatos, sweet, spicey pineforest. No room for serious acid. Cherries, serious tannin. 16/20.
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10/29/2007 - Hernando Andy wrote: 85 Points
Cough syrup overtones killed the cat. Actually, there's a lot to like here, but the hole berry/eucalyptis thing drags it down. There's nice oak, smoke, vanilla and earth, but I can't get over the sweet-and-mint sock in the jaw. Maybe more time? Or maybe it just aint my kinda wine.
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10/25/2007 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points
Coonawarra, 14%. Rich and appealing, sweet fruit of cherries and blackberries, mint, round but with juicy acidity and creamy tannins, clove, terra rossa, dried coconut, good definition, good length. Drinking well now - 2016.
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10/21/2007 - V64 wrote: 89 Points
Medium density, red/purple. Classic Coonawarra nose of mint and vanillan oak. Balanced, big palate of cassis, peppermint and pencil box. Thoroughly enjoyable and no point holding on to any longer.
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7/8/2007 - kristjan wrote: 88 Points
Surprisingly good and balanced. Toasty, rich and prune like. Less jammy and sweet and it would be closer to 90.
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3/6/2007 - venturen wrote: 91 Points
This was joy to drink smokey cherry and dense. Nice balance firm tannin and alcohol. This is an unfiltered wine and structured showed. I am sorry that I didn't age a bit more since I think it would improve it even more and sadly I only had one.
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7/13/2006 - jesran wrote: 92 Points
Great wine! Firm, balanced, and complex. Nose of cherry and smoke. On the pallete comes dark fruit, cherry, prunes, and some vanilla. On the finish plums, leather and iron ore cut and fade with impressive length.
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5/26/2006 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points
Rich, purple, good viscosity; blackcurrant, spicy oak, thyme, still marked by tannin and acidity; softens quickly on the palate, crushed red fruit, solid structure, oak; good length. Stylish. Will improve, drink now-2016.
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1/14/2006 - magnord wrote: 86 Points
Cabernets from around the world (Kungsholmen, Stockholm): Lots of minty eucalyptus, actually a little too much, think "After Eight", black currants, spicy herbs; quite tannic, dark berries, some oak and liquorice. A food wine.
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