{screwcap, 13.5%} Crimson appearance still. Also a quite primary nose of pepper, a touch of coconut, and a kind of savoury-smelling bitter cherry. The palate is dry, somewhat tart, but never unripe. Light/medium weight, with soft dusty tannins and medium/high acidity. It's very dry and does finish a bit short. I suspect it will live forever, more-or-less, but it's always going to be an ethereal type of thing.
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{screwcap, 13.5%} Polished blackberry fruit, savoury and with some clean earth too. Not sweet. Yes balanced, with ripe fruit, acidity, and decent length and depth of presence on the tongue. Seems to have filled out, put on weight, if you like, since I last tasted it. Still medium bodied, but with great integrity. Subtle oak. No harm in drinking now, more time won't hurt.
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Hunter Whistlestop 2020 #3 (Hunter Valley): Toasty, plums, blackberry, pretty fruit again; wild brambles, over sweet spice, a little black tea note as well. Medium plus intensity acidity, ripe black fruits, tight, cats tongue rasp to the tannins and a fair lick of alcohol warmth help carry the fruit on its medium plus length. Hmm.
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Dark red with purple hue. Fragrant, light aroma of spice and dark fruit. Smooth, chocolate, plum, raspberry, blueberry. Light to medium body, smooth fine tannin, slightly grippy. A bit acidic on the finish
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Hunter Valley - 3 Cellar Doors (Hunter Valley): {screwcap, 13.5%, A$32} Honestly, very similar indeed to the Mothers; raspberry and a touch of youthful oak influence. It’s a bit more fleshy on the palate, with a suggestion of blue fruit. Low/medium dusty tannins, little obvious oak, medium weight and length. Stainless steel ferment, aging in old 500l French puncheons. Tidy effort. Worth the $2 over Mothers I reckon!
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9/14/2023 - graemeg wrote:
{screwcap, 13.5%} Crimson appearance still. Also a quite primary nose of pepper, a touch of coconut, and a kind of savoury-smelling bitter cherry. The palate is dry, somewhat tart, but never unripe. Light/medium weight, with soft dusty tannins and medium/high acidity. It's very dry and does finish a bit short. I suspect it will live forever, more-or-less, but it's always going to be an ethereal type of thing.
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11/19/2021 - graemeg wrote:
{screwcap, 13.5%} Polished blackberry fruit, savoury and with some clean earth too. Not sweet. Yes balanced, with ripe fruit, acidity, and decent length and depth of presence on the tongue. Seems to have filled out, put on weight, if you like, since I last tasted it. Still medium bodied, but with great integrity. Subtle oak. No harm in drinking now, more time won't hurt.
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12/19/2020 - chatters wrote:
Hunter Whistlestop 2020 #3 (Hunter Valley): Toasty, plums, blackberry, pretty fruit again; wild brambles, over sweet spice, a little black tea note as well. Medium plus intensity acidity, ripe black fruits, tight, cats tongue rasp to the tannins and a fair lick of alcohol warmth help carry the fruit on its medium plus length. Hmm.
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6/23/2019 - Bsmith457 wrote: 90 Points
Dark red with purple hue. Fragrant, light aroma of spice and dark fruit. Smooth, chocolate, plum, raspberry, blueberry. Light to medium body, smooth fine tannin, slightly grippy. A bit acidic on the finish
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5/31/2019 - graemeg wrote:
Hunter Valley - 3 Cellar Doors (Hunter Valley): {screwcap, 13.5%, A$32} Honestly, very similar indeed to the Mothers; raspberry and a touch of youthful oak influence. It’s a bit more fleshy on the palate, with a suggestion of blue fruit. Low/medium dusty tannins, little obvious oak, medium weight and length. Stainless steel ferment, aging in old 500l French puncheons. Tidy effort. Worth the $2 over Mothers I reckon!
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