1997 Tahbilk Shiraz 1933 Vines Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 87 points

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  4/17/2019 - graemeg wrote:

  {cork, 13.5%} Pretty bricking colour. Aged nose of leather, spice, maybe some vanilla, a touch of volatility. The palate is just medium-bodied, fully mature, a touch volatile and acidic. Mature spice flavours, trembling edgy acidity, all on the front of the tongue. Mid-palate and beyond is gone. Has the end of being a wonderful thing a decade ago, but nearing the end now.

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  12/20/2018 - graemeg wrote:

  {cork, 13.5%} Fermented in ancient open oak vats, with 18 months aging in French oak (big, small, old, new?) Looks right for a twenty-year-old red, with its brick colouring around the rim. Did they top putting '1933 vines' on this in subsequent vintages? Increase production without changing front label... Anyway, this has a faintly musty, old leather nose to it. Rotting old strawberries. The palate follows expectation; it has a new-world fruity twist (compared to a similar vintage Bdx) but also with a savoury dryness, an aged and decadent sweet character that surfaces in so many old Oz reds. Low dusty tannins, medium acid, medium weight. Finish is just medium length, a bit one-dimensional and hollow, although without obvious fault. Nearing (or just past) the end of its plateau I reckon. Drink now!

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  12/24/2013 - Alex H wrote: 87 Points

  Definitely cool fruited with cool climate styled Shiraz notes of smooth minty plumpish currants. Has interesting spice notes

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