First Wednesday Wine Club (Napoli in Bocca, Haberfield): Served blind. Red berry, screwcap reductiveness, quite fruit sweet with a savoury earthy underpin and a touch of peppery spice. Plenty of chewy persistent tannins, freshly berried, sweet spiced. Hmm. I guessed South Australia Shiraz dominant blend from a lousy vintage
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Just about hitting its straps. Great balance with optimal fruit. The tannins are firm, the acidity is integrated. On the palate blue and red fruits. Typical earthiness. Just lovely. Has another 5 years I think, or more.
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I clearly liked this a lot more than the reviews below. It's not particularly in a Hunter shiraz style, which you may or may not think is a good thing, but it is a very good shiraz. Bold blackberry essence, dark chocolate, smoke, plum, vanilla and a hint of game and dutch liquorice. Plush tannins and really long, mouth coating flavour. Right in the drinking window.
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Byron and Adel's wedding (Marina Mandarin): A cool climate style with cool eucalpy minty characters. Cool but dark fruited...black raspberries and black berries. Hint of spiciness but palate was cooling smooth , slightly leathery with just a faint whiff of smokiness. Quite classy and a kool kat wine.
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6/2/2021 - chatters wrote:
First Wednesday Wine Club (Napoli in Bocca, Haberfield): Served blind.
Red berry, screwcap reductiveness, quite fruit sweet with a savoury earthy underpin and a touch of peppery spice. Plenty of chewy persistent tannins, freshly berried, sweet spiced. Hmm.
I guessed South Australia Shiraz dominant blend from a lousy vintage
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11/6/2019 - Andrew67 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Just about hitting its straps. Great balance with optimal fruit. The tannins are firm, the acidity is integrated. On the palate blue and red fruits. Typical earthiness. Just lovely. Has another 5 years I think, or more.
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9/13/2016 - Andrew67 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Still very young. Powerful fruit, with typical Hunter earthiness. Lovely wine but needs at least another 3 years to come into its own.
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9/5/2015 - azzah Likes this wine: 93 Points
I clearly liked this a lot more than the reviews below. It's not particularly in a Hunter shiraz style, which you may or may not think is a good thing, but it is a very good shiraz. Bold blackberry essence, dark chocolate, smoke, plum, vanilla and a hint of game and dutch liquorice. Plush tannins and really long, mouth coating flavour. Right in the drinking window.
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6/5/2010 - Alex H wrote: 84 Points
Byron and Adel's wedding (Marina Mandarin): A cool climate style with cool eucalpy minty characters. Cool but dark fruited...black raspberries and black berries. Hint of spiciness but palate was cooling smooth , slightly leathery with just a faint whiff of smokiness. Quite classy and a kool kat wine.
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