2008 Two Hands Brave Faces

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 89.4 points

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  12/29/2011 - 302w_cobra wrote:

  A very smooth and silky GSM.

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  6/7/2010 - graemeg Likes this wine:

  NobleRottersSydney - Two Hands wines with Matt Wenk (Alio's, Surry Hills): [15.3%, screwcap, A$27] For the first time grenache-dominant at 55%, with shiraz at 35% and mourvedre making the balance. The hot, dry 2008 vintage roasted the shiraz, and created something of a surplus of suitable grenache. And don’t you taste it. Ruby-coloured; a youthful, candied nose of strawberry jams and jubey fruits, with touch of meatiness beneath. The palate is dry, with surprisingly soft chalky tannins; there’s an element of elegance that I wasn’t expecting, despite it being at least medium-bodied. Objectively it’s still pretty jammy, but enticingly so. There are some grenache bubble-gum flavours, and decent weight on the mid-palate. But it’s hardly a taut wine, and will probably drink best fairly early before its intrinsic warmth – you can taste the vintage heat in the wine – takes over.

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