2001 Andrew Thomas Wines Shiraz Kiss

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  5/1/2017 - graemeg wrote:

  NobleRottersSydney - Hunter Valley (360 Bar & Dining, Sydney): {cork, 13.5%} (Graeme) Decanted about an hour before drinking. The inaugural vintage of what is the flagship shiraz of ex-Tyrrells winemaker Andrew Thomas, with just 170 dozen made. This is old-fashioned Hunter shiraz, although I don’t think the pongy earthiness of this is the legendary brettanomyces which may have driven previous generations of reputation! But this does have leather and tar and pungent earth. It tends more to a mushroom and dust character, always intriguing, but with a laser-like evenness along the palate. There’s moulding gentle oak and rotting fruits, medium weight and a medium length finish. Very good, and although I wouldn’t expect further development, this might hang on a few years yet.

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