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2003 Grant Burge Shiraz Filsell Barossa
91 Points
“Dense, ripe and powerful, with a brooding quality to the roasted cherry, blackberry and crème de cassis aromas; sexy vanilla and oak spice notes build with air. Luscious, rich and polished, the ripe dark berry flavors showing excellent depth and surprising energy. Walks the fine line between ripe and overblown. Finishes with harmonious tannins and lingering notes of sweet mocha and baking spices."
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| 2006 Mitolo Shiraz “Jester”
91 Points
“The Shiraz lineup begins with 2006 Shiraz “Jester” which was aged for 12 months in French and American oak. Like the Cabernet, 20% dried grapes were included in the blend. Purple-colored, it offers up an expressive nose of cedar, spice box, smoke, pepper, and blueberry. Medium to full-bodied and supple-textured, the wine has a forward personality with layers of spicy fruit and some elegance. It is for drinking over the next 10 years. It is an outstanding value. Mitolo, which began operations in 1999, is a partnership of the Mitolo family and winemaker Ben Glaetzer. The focus is on McLaren Vale fruit from Willunga, the most southern part of the district. All of the wines below are from the 2006 vintage which Glaetzer characterizes as “a mild growing season with no problems. It ranks with 2002 as my favorite vintage”."
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2004 Calera Pinot Noir Selleck Vineyard
96 Points
“This venerable winery, which has thirty years of history (long by California standards), has turned out a bevy of new releases. The 2004 Pinot Noir Selleck Vineyard possesses a deep, dark garnet/ruby color in addition to dense, forest floor aromas reminiscent of a DRC Richebourg or Grand Echezeaux. Extraordinarily complex notes of truffles, berries, and damp forest are both enticing and profound. This full-bodied, rich, long, compelling Pinot Noir can be drunk now, but it will be even better with 2-4 years of bottle age. It should keep for 12-15 years. It is stunning stuff”
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2004 Treana Red Paso Robles
92 Points
“Cabernet Sauvignon gives this wine a luscious, elegant mouthfeel, with classic currant and cedar flavors. syrah brings a gamy, leathery note, with white pepper accents. The result is an interesting, complex young wine of power and authority. "
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