Not my kind of wine - rich and ripe with ample new oak.
Not my kind of wine - rich and ripe with ample new oak.
May 8th, 2022
Sometimes your food just calls out for plush fruit. I ordered Szechuan Cumin Lamb take out, and initially poured a glass of my Gattinara from last night. Huge mistake. The dish made the wine taste like pungent fermented armpit juice. So I opened this. Bingo! Rich, pure dark berry fruit. A touch of graphite. Absolutely pillow-like texture. Beautifully pure and ripe in the mouth, but with a touch of stoniness in the finish and decent acids. Perfect foil to the deep pungency of the lamb.
Sometimes your food just calls out for plush fruit. I ordered Szechuan Cumin Lamb take out, and initially poured a glass of my Gattinara from last night. Huge mistake. The dish made the wine taste like pungent fermented armpit juice. So I opened this. Bingo! Rich, pure dark berry fruit. A touch of graphite. Absolutely pillow-like texture. Beautifully pure and ripe in the mouth, but with a touch of stoniness in the finish and decent acids. Perfect foil to the deep pungency of the lamb.
Dec 22nd, 2018
Medium/deep Ruby. Interesting nose initially of cinnamon thyme and sage but with more air developed the typical Clare Valley Eucalypt/menthol nose. Medium to full bodied palate of ripe berry fruits - rich and pruney. Softening tannins and good length. Very good drinking now but will not improve.
Medium/deep Ruby. Interesting nose initially of cinnamon thyme and sage but with more air developed the typical Clare Valley Eucalypt/menthol nose. Medium to full bodied palate of ripe berry fruits - rich and pruney. Softening tannins and good length. Very good drinking now but will not improve.
Sep 10th, 2016Very ripe and now with some age becoming porty. Medium to soft reasonably silky tannins. Drink last one soon.
Very ripe and now with some age becoming porty. Medium to soft reasonably silky tannins. Drink last one soon.
Jun 8th, 2016
Only in Oz. Euc oil for days....
Only in Oz. Euc oil for days....
May 16th, 2016
Starting to fade - surprisingly thin and light - nowhere to go - looked back at my earlier note on this wine from April - might have been a dud bottle
Starting to fade - surprisingly thin and light - nowhere to go - looked back at my earlier note on this wine from April - might have been a dud bottle
Aug 22nd, 2015
Age has made all the difference here - would never guess it's 16% ABV.
Age has made all the difference here - would never guess it's 16% ABV.
Aug 7th, 20152000 vintage - a stunning wine with a gorgeous rich nose and huge fruit - surprisingly more age character than the 03 tasted recently
2000 vintage - a stunning wine with a gorgeous rich nose and huge fruit - surprisingly more age character than the 03 tasted recently
Apr 20th, 2015Premium Clare Valley shiraz with huge fruit and skilful oak integration - hard to fault
Premium Clare Valley shiraz with huge fruit and skilful oak integration - hard to fault
Apr 12th, 2015
Drinking beautifully, black cherry dominant, a bit of balanced sourness, tannins subtle but in place
Drinking beautifully, black cherry dominant, a bit of balanced sourness, tannins subtle but in place
Mar 6th, 2015
Clare Valley, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
