Lovely Shiraz. Drinking really well now given its 18 years old. The wine was not showing advanced tertiary characteristics. It was still reasonably fresh with red fruit characters. It’s a beautifully balanced wine with a lingering richness. The black pepper characters are not particularly evident but it is somewhat spicy. Personally I love the wine. What I’m impressed by is that there are no over ripe characters. So glad to own this wine.
A lovely Riesling with strong citrus flavours and still discernible acid. The wine which was in a screw top and drank quite young. It did not show the age that I expected. It had developed some toasty characteristics. There are some toasty buttery overtones with maybe a touch of pineapple. It has become quite rich in character. Unfortunately this was my last bottle so all I’ve got now is to reminisce
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Lovely nose with a glass filling bouquet of red fruits mixed with a gentle perfume of complexity. The palate was rounded and rich with no rough edges. The wine was balanced and quite rich. The tannins were fine and balanced well with the fruit. The wine displayed great red fruits with some lusciousness. The finish was long. I’m not sure what further aging would do as the wine is drinking really well now.
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2005 Barossa Valley Estate Shiraz E & E Black Pepper
1/27/2024 - AKC Likes this wine: 94 Points
Lovely Shiraz. Drinking really well now given its 18 years old. The wine was not showing advanced tertiary characteristics. It was still reasonably fresh with red fruit characters. It’s a beautifully balanced wine with a lingering richness. The black pepper characters are not particularly evident but it is somewhat spicy. Personally I love the wine. What I’m impressed by is that there are no over ripe characters. So glad to own this wine.
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2004 Paringa Estate Riesling Estate
1/26/2024 - AKC Likes this wine: 94 Points
A lovely Riesling with strong citrus flavours and still discernible acid. The wine which was in a screw top and drank quite young. It did not show the age that I expected. It had developed some toasty characteristics. There are some toasty buttery overtones with maybe a touch of pineapple. It has become quite rich in character. Unfortunately this was my last bottle so all I’ve got now is to reminisce
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2017 Isole e Olena Cepparello Toscana IGT
1/19/2024 - AKC Likes this wine: 94 Points
Lovely nose with a glass filling bouquet of red fruits mixed with a gentle perfume of complexity. The palate was rounded and rich with no rough edges. The wine was balanced and quite rich. The tannins were fine and balanced well with the fruit. The wine displayed great red fruits with some lusciousness. The finish was long. I’m not sure what further aging would do as the wine is drinking really well now.
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