2003 Cabernet/Merlot:
Colour: Deep Purple with crimson hue
Bouquet: Big rich blackberry, blackcurrant
and blackcherry fruit characters and hints of
tobacco/cigarbox are typical of this blend.
Palate: Sweet blackberry, blackcurrant and
cherry fruit flavours are complimented by tobacco/cigarbox
and chocolate/mocha characters that are finished
with subtle spicy oak, firm acid and fine grained
tannins.
This wine has great length of flavour and structure
to last, with a cellaring potential of 6-8 of
careful cellaring, but it is well worth drinking
now.
$19/bottle
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2003 Cabernet/Shiraz:
Colour: Deep purple with crimson hue.
Bouquet: Rich blackberry, blackcurrant and
plum fruits on the nose with sweet rose petal
perfume and hints of choco/mint on the nose.
Palate: Rich ripe intense fruit flavours of
blackberry, plum and some hints of blackcurrant.
There are hints of tobacco choc/mint and rose petal
characters and subtle spicy oak that is well
integrated.
A big structured wine of 15% alcohol but with nicely
balanced acid and fine-grained tannins, this is a
wine that is drinkable at an early age but will
continue to develop in the bottle over the next 6-8
years of careful cellaring.
$19/bottle
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2004 Chardonnay:
Colour: Pale yellow/straw
Bouquet: Rich ripe peach, melon and fig
aromas and hints of oak evident on the nose.
Palate: Rich, sweet peach, melon and fig
fruit flavours, and hints of grapefruit/citrus are
complimented by the subtle spicy oak and yeast/lees
complexity. There is quite a lot of sweetness,
balanced out by a firm acid finish.
$16.00/Bottle
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2004 Shiraz:
Rich ripe plum and
blackberry berry fruit flavours are nicely balanced
with the spicy oak and a hint of chocolate/mocha on
the palate.
There are fine-grained
tannins, firm acid and evident spicy vanillin oak
characters that come from 16 months maturation in
American oak barriques.
This wine is a classic
example of Shiraz from the Pyrenees with its deep
purple/crimson colour, rich fruit flavours, medium
to full bodied structure and well integrated oak
characters. This wine has great cellaring potential
which would be best drinking over the next 5 — 8
years, but it is also great drinking now.
$19/bottle
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