Dark, more red than purple. A big nose of red fruits and leather. Good mouthfeel and lots of spice here. Drunk with Tamale's and cheese sauce, a surprisingly good pairing. Not long on finish. Drink now
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NobleRottersSydney - Taylors wines with Mitchell Taylor (Lucio's, Paddington): {cork, 14.5%} The 1999 by contrast [to the 1998] is a pungently earthy shiraz, with spicy white pepper aromas. The alcohol says ripeness wasn’t a factor, but the aromas contradict that… The palate is more advanced than 1998, with a warm finish apparent here at the end of a lean, mean palate of drying tannins and spicy fruits that lack depth and length. Falls away beyond the mid-palate and ultimately finishes a bit hollow.
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NobleRottersSydney - dinner at Minx (Minx, Sydney): The nose here is all blackberry & spice, iodine, ripe raisin berries and vanillan oak, with some coffee/chocolate hints. It’s a kind of warm-climate wine from a cool year. Palate has a front-mid balance, tannins are unobtrusively present, and there’s enough acid to just lift the wine a little. Well made, attractive wine, missing the last word in excitement, but shouldn’t be penalized for lack of extremism! Will no doubt hold longer, but drinks well now.
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1/7/2015 - maw246 Likes this wine:
A nice drop but if left in glass for a couple of hours at this point is over the top. Drink now.
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12/24/2014 - maw246 wrote: 90 Points
Dark, more red than purple. A big nose of red fruits and leather. Good mouthfeel and lots of spice here. Drunk with Tamale's and cheese sauce, a surprisingly good pairing. Not long on finish. Drink now
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8/4/2008 - graemeg wrote:
NobleRottersSydney - Taylors wines with Mitchell Taylor (Lucio's, Paddington): {cork, 14.5%} The 1999 by contrast [to the 1998] is a pungently earthy shiraz, with spicy white pepper aromas. The alcohol says ripeness wasn’t a factor, but the aromas contradict that… The palate is more advanced than 1998, with a warm finish apparent here at the end of a lean, mean palate of drying tannins and spicy fruits that lack depth and length. Falls away beyond the mid-palate and ultimately finishes a bit hollow.
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11/20/2005 - graemeg wrote:
NobleRottersSydney - dinner at Minx (Minx, Sydney): The nose here is all blackberry & spice, iodine, ripe raisin berries and vanillan oak, with some coffee/chocolate hints. It’s a kind of warm-climate wine from a cool year. Palate has a front-mid balance, tannins are unobtrusively present, and there’s enough acid to just lift the wine a little. Well made, attractive wine, missing the last word in excitement, but shouldn’t be penalized for lack of extremism! Will no doubt hold longer, but drinks well now.
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