2010 Thorn-Clarke Shiraz Shotfire (Ridge)

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 87.8 points

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  2/1/2021 - CheviotCellar Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Dark red. Spicy nose with clove, mint, black cassis, dark plum. The mint note is strong, nearly medicinal, opens the nose. Heavy on the tongue, juicy but not jammy. Taste is very different than nose. Red plums, acid, not sweet or savory, nice tannins, some savory, beefy notes. This is really good, and prime for its age. The savory and sweet, perfectly aged make this great on its own, balanced in an intense way.
  
  I’ve had thousands of bottles of wine, admittedly not many from Australia, and this is the first I’ve seen with a tiny sheet of plastic on the interior cork. I called it a wine condom. Is this a thing I didn’t know about, or just a quirk of Thorn Clarke, or even a specific vintage?

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  12/21/2017 - Marcorleans wrote:

  J'ai bu avec Éric avec un confit de canard. Beaucoup de corps mais pas trop puissant. A racheter.

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  5/22/2017 - Diggermouse Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Fruit forward without being fruity or jammy. Luscious!

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  11/27/2016 - TashNYC wrote: 91 Points

  Tasty wine. Black fruit, tar, expresso and more. Excellent with Mamoun's food (lamb tikka, shawarma)

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  11/14/2015 - Bsmith457 wrote: 93 Points

  Almost black colour with deep purple rim. Aroma of oak with plum and cassis. Medium finish, very smooth. Full of fruit with a fuller body. A very polished wine. Plum, blackberry, almost jammy with the right level of tannin. Trying not to go overboard but I really liked this. Wish I had given it some more age but I only had one.

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