IWFS: Penfolds Grange vs Clarendon Hills Astralis (The Moomba, Circular Road): Not great. Buttery on the nose, along with vanilla creme scents, fleshy white fruit with a fresh citrus lift. Very nice actually. Palate was nowhere near that unfortunately. Nice fleshy entry, ripe lemons, apples, but it leaned out on the mid-palate, where there was some alcohol before the wine wound down in a short, rather awkward finish which was very nutty, with popcorn kernels and spicy notes ending with a little bitter note at the end. Quite a bit of oak was obvious even after the fruit had faded. A bit strange - a wine that flatters to deceive on the nose and attack, and goes flat quite fast. Suspect it was better in its youth.
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Iwfs grange vs australis night (Moomba): Some wet ass and a lil burg like. Wet oak and mushrooms. Orangey some peels , overnight fruits. Should have been drunk earlier by a few years.
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11/6/2010 - Paul S wrote: 87 Points
IWFS: Penfolds Grange vs Clarendon Hills Astralis (The Moomba, Circular Road): Not great. Buttery on the nose, along with vanilla creme scents, fleshy white fruit with a fresh citrus lift. Very nice actually. Palate was nowhere near that unfortunately. Nice fleshy entry, ripe lemons, apples, but it leaned out on the mid-palate, where there was some alcohol before the wine wound down in a short, rather awkward finish which was very nutty, with popcorn kernels and spicy notes ending with a little bitter note at the end. Quite a bit of oak was obvious even after the fruit had faded. A bit strange - a wine that flatters to deceive on the nose and attack, and goes flat quite fast. Suspect it was better in its youth.
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11/6/2010 - Alex H wrote: 81 Points
Iwfs grange vs australis night (Moomba): Some wet ass and a lil burg like. Wet oak and mushrooms. Orangey some peels , overnight fruits. Should have been drunk earlier by a few years.
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