1998 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz Old Paddock & Old Hill

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 92.6 points

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  8/19/2022 - chatters wrote:

  Festival of Phil (Phil's place, Putney, Sydney): From Coravin. Gamey, meaty, slightly oxidised bruised apple caramel notes, baked black fruits, earthy with a sour fruit note. Hmm. Sourly juicy (acidity adjusted?) talc textured tannins, new oak, alcohol warmth on the finish.

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  8/29/2020 - Chateau du Fey 1994 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  I don’t drink a lot of Australian Shiraz. Typically find them too over the top. But I wanted to give this one a try since it had some good bottle age on it and was from a solid vintage. My curiosity was amply rewarded! This was a great example of what happens when you give wine some time. Secondary characteristics were prevalant and the big, bold fruit had revolves into softer, earthier tones.

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  7/28/2019 - chatters wrote:

  Aged Hunter fun (Frank's place in Matraville): Slightly dusty, cream, earth, plum, leather, cedar, peppery spice, meaty, slight smoked bacon. Savoury, sharply acidic, sourly juicy, plums and black pepper, alcohol heat, drying chamois textured tight tannic burr to the palate. Persists. Hmm

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  2/20/2018 - pclin wrote:

  showing some old dungeon notes of mature wine. Some oaks still hanging around. Slight heat at finish too. Still plenty of tannins and acidity, probably still a few years away for reaching pleateau but how will it be?

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  6/10/2017 - crazywineguy Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Perfect cork, no ullage so a well cellared bottle. Classic aged Hunter nose with leather, red fruits, barnyard, slight dirty character. Smooth medium bodied wine with still strong fruit presence but definite aged characters. Again classic Hunter shiraz in mouth with hint of VA lift, no Brett. Drying tannins on finish. Long finish. Best as a food wine (meat) where the tannins really softened up further. Given the comments this is both a great bottle and possibly the wine has taken a long time to come together. Getting better as it breathes at the 45min mark, a good sign.

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