2003 Tahbilk Shiraz Eric Stevens Purbrick

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 86.5 points

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  4/3/2014 - StewartWent wrote: 86 Points

  Definitely tired and probably a bit disappointing effort in the broader Tahbilk context. Red fruits are dry and hollow, even at 11yrs, and thin out to minerals and blood. Ok length albeit lacking character.

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  3/17/2014 - graemeg wrote:

  {cork, 13%} A fabulous copy of last July's note - or it would be fabulous if the wine was just a bit more exciting. There is a nod to fruit sweetness here, but it's very drying on the finish, and becomes more so with subsequent glasses. Reasonable wine at peak drinking.

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  7/27/2013 - graemeg wrote:

  {cork, 13%} Another immaculate cork heralds a wine which is the perfect replica of June's bottle. The one thing I noticed particularly was how quickly the rich plummy/mulberry nature of the fruits faded once the bottle was open an hour or two. Attractive medium-bodied older-style new world shiraz drinking at its peak, but get into it quickly, don't decant and leave it lying around.

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  6/14/2013 - graemeg wrote:

  {cork, 13%} There's certainly a nod to the typical Tahbilk liqueured plum and strawberry sweetness on the nose of this developing wine. It's all fruit, with little oak. But Stewart is right about the palate; there's just a little too much drying astringency about this to have much confidence in its future (which may explain why Tahbilk is flogging it off in their wine club shiraz dozens just now at an average of half the usual $50 asking price). The palate isn't without redeeming features; it's nicely balanced, with medium-bodied weight, and a medium-length finish; it has a polished texture which hints at richness but just fails to hit the mark somehow. Tastes - flavourwise - in line with the aromas, although at lower intensity; it's always a let-down when the palate can't quite match the nose. Perhaps a victim of a hot, drying vintage as much as anything; this should be drunk fairly soon.

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  9/29/2012 - StewartWent wrote: 87 Points

  Interestingly I didn't see this as a patch on the standard 2003 drank recently. Somewhat tired with thinning red fruits, old blood and some spice. Tannin in good nick leaving a powdery coating on the mouth. Reminds me a little of Tardieu Laurent's Cote Rotie from 1996 consumed over the past 12 months. Drink soonish based on this showing.

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