Community Tasting Notes 35

• Odedis.Wine.reviews Likes this wine: 94 points

  April 2, 2024 - Dark ruby in color with a short reddish/ brick rim.
  
  Nose of black currants, blueberries, black cherries, light earth, tobacco leaf, cedar, light vanilla, licorice, eucalyptus, forest floor, mildew, black pepper and herbs.
  
  Medium plus in body with medium acidity.
  
  Dry on the palate with blackberries, black currants, plums, cooked cherries, spices, oak, chocolates, vanilla, licorice, herbs, earth, light vegetables, tobacco leaf, eucalyptus, Indian spices and peppercorn.
  
  Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.
  
  This 24 year old iconic wine from Australia is still drinking beautifully. Tasty and smooth with good structure and great complexity. A little bitter on the ending for me, though.
  
  Feels like a 30 year old Left Bank Bordeaux. Might be a bit past its prime, but Interesting stuff nonetheless.
  
  Robert Parker 93 points.
  
  Needed 3 hours of airtime to open up properly.
  
  It is delicious, but I expected more from it. Might just be this specific bottle. I've had a few different vintages of this great wine and it is always an experience.
  
  Good by itself or with food, like a nice piece of steak.
  
  100% Shiraz grapes from Barossa Valley were aged in American oak barrels for 18 months.
  
  14.5% alcohol by volume.
  
  94 points.
  
  $400.

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• EdLark Likes this wine: 98 points

  December 28, 2023 - Medium-deep crimson. Fresh redcurrant, blackberry, dark chocolate, spice and tobacco leaf notes and very fine tannins that have melded over the last 20+ years. No surprise it reminds me a bit of a very well aged Kalimna but with such great balance and complexity.
  
  Drank with a beautiful tomahawk stake with a gruyere and mushroom sauce and duck fat potatoes as a very belated 21st dinner.

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• Cailles wrote: flawed

  October 29, 2023 - A few observations: A) The wines undoubtedly deserve their legendary status. Few wines manage to square the circle of being intense, rich in substance and structure, while at the same time being ethereal, delicate and airy. B) The wines are all complex and very precise. With age (and/or air) the wines show a Rayas-like pure red berry fruit to die for. Other defining aromas are the minty/eucalyptus notes and especially the sweet spice I find in many Aussie Shirazes. C) The wines age at a glacial pace. Even the 40+ year old wines are still quite young and all will need a lot of decanting. D) All the wines were on a high level (except for one subpar bottle of the 2000). The winner was the magical 1982 (98pts), the epitome of elegance and balance.
  
  TN: This bottle had a problem, probably a bad cork. The wine was much more developed with lots of soy sauce and oxidation notes.

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• boillatm wrote: flawed

  October 14, 2023 - Wine tasting for friends: Overwhelming notes of canned tomatoes. Bummer

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• sirpat00 wrote: 80 points

  October 3, 2023 - Grange vertical (Wunderbrunnen, Opfikon): Part of a 7-vintage vertical (key takeaways in the tasting story). Very mature with notable ox notes of beef juice. Underneath leather and earth as well as fig and plum confit. The palate still works and adds a nice tobacco aftertaste. But clearly approaching end of life with acidity taking over the reigns on the palate. Could be bottle variation, but 2000 was apparently a challenge vintage for them.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2000
• Type Red
• Producer Penfolds
• Varietal Shiraz Blend
• Designation Grange
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Australia
• Region South Australia
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation n/a
• UPC Codes 012354071100, 012354071131, 9310297005000, 9310297006540, 9310297013791, 9310297650538

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• In Cellars 1,001 (75%)
• Consumed 333 (25%)

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