2003 Ravenswood Shiraz Vintners Blend Australia South Eastern

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  8/5/2021 - Missus T Likes this wine: 89 Points

  6 years after saying, "drink this now," I find yet another bottle of the stuff in my wine cellar.
  Although broken cork necessitated my passing it through a sieve (poor man's aerator), I did not really let it chambré or breathe. I just popped it, inhaled it and sipped.
  Cork was very dry, wine had been untouched on one side for 16 years. Plenty of sediment.
  Wow, still good, and very smooth at this point. Good old Wine Spectator says 03 produced richer wines than usual (for Aus Shiraz).
  First nose gets me ripe plums and black cherries. As the glass mixes with the atmosphere, those plums are rotting just a bit.
  Tasted very smooth, but tannins get more pronounced as I drink this first glass. Again, the ripe cherry and usual spice, but quite a chocolate kick on the end of the tasting, which is becoming more pronounced.
  I'm about to have a steak with this, but a better pairing would be a fatty burger smothered in bleu cheese and mushrooms.

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  8/6/2015 - Missus T wrote: 82 Points

  Essential to decant and let air for 2 hours. I tasted an immediate pour after uncorking and it was way raw with too much pepper and tannins. Improved with 2 hours of being open to the air.
  
  Uninteresting nose of clay and squashed bugs.
  
  BUT it tastes (after lengthy aeration) of light red berries and was pretty smooth probably due to so many years of cellaring. Might have been amazing about three years ago. Open it now before it dies.

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  11/15/2013 - phannenstiel wrote: 79 Points

  Decanted and drank rather quickly since it seemed to be "dying on the vine". Peppery and smokey hints gave way to... well no finish at all. It just has lost its structure. Still a nice glass of wine that we paired with lamb short chops. My bad for letting it sleep too long...

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  4/8/2010 - RandomCoil wrote: 86 Points

  Very fruity, but otherwise rather empty. I'd buy it again, but only because it was so cheap.

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  7/4/2009 - jsanko wrote: 89 Points

  Very nice, very smooth. Decanting definitely allowed it to open up. Did not show any signs of age but rather was vibrant and smooth.

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