2005 Clarendon Hills Grenache Romas

Community Tasting Notes (66) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  3/24/2024 - jmcmchi Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Open two hours, decanted one, thinking too much air might be detrimental….no problem, still feeling youthful
  
  Red and blue fruit acidity, holding beautifully
  
  Under instructions to open the next bottle for mother’s day

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  1/15/2023 - afot Likes this wine:

  Took an hour to open up then resolved smooth structure, some iron (terriary) and sweet red fruit. The alcohol is a bit prominent and I‘m not sure how long this is going to hold together. Good wine for sure but I‘d definitley drink up soon.

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  9/1/2021 - Amberissey Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Earthy nose with loads of herbs and then damsons and plums, but cooked, maybe in a pie. Massively rich on the panel, like biting into a chewy dense pastry damson or plum pie with cream on it. Also red currant and perhaps black pepper. Lengthy. Roasted rosemary and thyme on the finish, I can taste and smell it as I breathe in. Still plenty of tannin. This is my wine of the night.

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  8/29/2021 - paintinginacave Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Eight hour slow oxidation. Opaque medium purple fading to a medium ruby outer edge. Damp herbs, dried earth, black plum skin, and cooked plums form the nose with a rich, dense palate of damson, black liquorice, and red currents. Incredible concentration of ultra-ripe dark fruit that doesn’t come across as overblown as many wines from this part of the world do. Requires further ageing to settle down and gain the complexity needed to take this to the next level however, it’s clearly drinking well now for those who favour richer, more fruit-driven wines.

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  8/13/2021 - jmcmchi Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Opened only a couple of hours
  
  Still showing little sign of aging, nose however giving less open fruit
  
  On palate intense spice and tertiary flavors but less distinctive grenache notes than 12 months ago

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