2003 Clarendon Hills Grenache Hickinbotham

Community Tasting Notes (28) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  7/11/2020 - WineHors Likes this wine:

  Let it stand several hours to allow sediment to fall. Cork still beautifully intact.
  Colour: still good dark with tinge of orange
  Nose: sweet cherry! Very good
  Palate: light easy to drink, sweet cherry juice, some tannin still present and slightly bigger juice than last bottle. I think this is a much better bottle too. Unfortunately my last bottle

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  1/26/2020 - WineHors Likes this wine:

  Cork slight cracked but managed to get it out in one piece. Sediments - should be decanted.
  Colour: very similar to Pinot but still impressively slightly dark.
  Nose: very perfumed Cherry ribena sweet
  Palate: very light Cherry, easy drinking. But not a big fruit intensity.

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  9/7/2019 - bp888 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Dark fruit, milk chocolate and worn leather on the nose. Still bright and fresh. Great weight on the middle palate. Big alcohol with some burn. Nice length. Lovely!

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  3/10/2019 - whme Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Opened up really nicely after 1 hour.

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  3/4/2019 - bp888 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Decanted 1.5 hours. Thin and spiky on the nose, with high acid and berry lift (this may blow off with more time?). Thick and unctuous front palate with big round blackberries, surprisingly sweet and luscious! Nice mouthfeel. Not a long finish but a pleasant one. CT has a drink by of 2012 but rumours of this wine's death are definitely premature.

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