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2002 Stanton & Killeen Vintage Fortified
4/28/2024 - colinscellar Likes this wine: 92 Points
Ripe blackberry and cherry liqueur, vanilla, cardamom and chocolate. I'm impressed how well the 18% alcohol contributes to a big juicy mouthfeel without the wine seeming overly hot.
Still very primary, hope to see more evolution in the future. Based on where it's at at 22 I expect this will go multiple decades more.
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2022 Coldstream Hills Pinot Noir
4/27/2024 - colinscellar wrote: 90 Points
Pretty ruby colour. Classic Pinot nose with red fruits and a hint of spice and forest floor. Clean palate of cherry and mixed berries and a hint of fresh cedar and some warm spice.
Not super complex but as an entry level Pinot this is lovely drinking and great QPR.
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2013 Wolf Blass Black Label
4/27/2024 - colinscellar Likes this wine: 91 Points
Big ripe blackberry flavour with chocolate behind it and some eucalyptus. The drawcard here though is the texture as it's super plush in the mouth. I think there would have to be full MLF here as well as a lot of lees work to give the wine this big, velvety mouthfeel but the final product is impressive.
I drank this by itself and I think you need to have it with meat or cheese to provide you with more palate variety as this wine itself doesn't have the complexity to stay interesting for a full bottle.
Interesting to consider that over the years this wine has won four Jimmys...was it a better wine back then? It's definitely a victime of changing fashions but even so this just seems good but not great, a nice wine but it doesn't justifies its RRP pricetag.
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