2010 Penfolds Mataro Cellar Reserve Kalimna Block 25

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 92.7 points

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  10/26/2023 - JerM wrote: 94 Points

  (Dinner@ChangiPoint) Wow, rich luscious wine, beautifully developed. Exotic violets on nose, almost edging on incense. Juicy dark berries, leafy freshness. Some development, deep dark leather and sweet earth. Textural, Paired beautifully with Paula's Bacalhau à Brás.

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  6/16/2022 - LoveRedWineToo Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Fantastic

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  10/4/2020 - graemeg wrote:

  {screwcap, 14.5%} Hint of age around the otherwise deep ruby rim. Developing nose of vanilla, blueberries, with a rich malt chocolate. The palate is all soft smeary flavours, following the nose, with low/medium acidity, and fine dusty tannins, French oak now rather an American it seems. Medium weight, although pressed by alcoholic warmth - shame. The finish is a bit clipped then; lighter and savoury, the sweetness dissipates a bit. It’s a decent wine, but it’s not an eye-opener. Ready to drink, can be kept a few years easily enough, but unlikely to improve.

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  4/17/2020 - Lordswood wrote: 91 Points

  Screwcap. Nose seems to have a little VA and then cherry and vanilla.
  The palate is more cherries along with some plum. After a while the tannins come back too, indicating that this is not yet fully evolved. But overall there is a lovely lift and lightness in this wine which brings great pleasure. Lovely. Drink for another 3-5 years?

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  10/26/2019 - graemeg wrote:

  {screwcap, 14.5%} Still a deep purple colour. The nose is developing somewhat, offering lots of chocolate oak, rich liquorice and black jam aromas. The palate is a curious mix; initially there’s a lot of this jammy fruit, but the expected oak softens quickly, the acid is only low-medium in presence, and somehow the whole thing fades terribly fast, with just an outline of sweet ripe, exotically spicy mataro/spice fruit with very little to back it up. The alcohol eventually becomes a bit dominant, as the powdery tannins fade fast, as indeed does the overall finish. Barely medium length, in fact. Oddly disappointing; I expected more from this. Not over the hill, just seems like a wine that never quite had it to start with, despite the otherwise impressive producer/vintage/variety pedigree. Keep or drink, it probably doesn’t matter.

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