Seppelt, Chalambar Shiraz, Victoria

Maybe this bottle is past its best. Nothing special or complex. Acid & tanins have subsided. Mulberry and a bit of dark fruit. Drink now!!….

2010 vintage

Drinking well now for a 14 year old. Update from my previous note - oak appears more prominent however not overbearing. Medium bodied, enjoyable but not overly complex. Dark red berry fruits, blackberry, redcurrent plus oak. I don’t think it is going to get any better with age. Drink now or over the next couple of years. Still great VFM for a sub $20 wine to go the distance.

2010 vintage

Still youthfull, requires at least a 30min decant. Acid still present, hardly showing its 14years age. Medium to light bodied. Boysenberry, & redcurrent, with a slight touch of oak in the background. Very enjoyable.

2010 vintage

Super wine. Still quite young. Flavourful and good length, colour very sharp indeed. Shame they trashed the brand later on by adding Heathcote fruit. This one recalls Seppelt greatness before they were bastardised by treasury wines.

2010 vintage

Has settled down especially on the second day after opening. A rich and spicy expression of shiraz that is made for a steak dish. Well worth the wait!

2010 vintage

Pepper and berry dominant, still strong mid palate, drifts away at the end, still a solid food wine surprisingly for age

2003 vintage

The dark garnet rim suggests a wine much younger than ten years. The nose is laden with olives, spice and sweet corn. The palate is bigger than more recent wines I have enjoyed from the Great Western region. There is plenty of acid and for me too much tannic grip to put this wine in the class of Chalambar wines I have enjoyed since the 1960s. Prunes and stewed fruit are very evident on the palate. I doubt if this …

2010 vintage

Some garnet appearing at the rim, however the body is still holding as deep dark ruby. A spiced smoky nose, with a little meatiness joining black plum, plus both black and green peppercorn. Savoury, spicy and mineral with black fruits, notable acidity, and rather firm drying tannins. Leaner and drier, with less body and obvious fruit than recent vintages. On the flipside, it will reward further time in the cellar, with the structure here for extended maturation.

2010 vintage

Black ruby colour. Light aroma of spice, oak and shrubbery. Blackberry, blueberry, dark chocolate, spice. I aerated the first glass and the finish was so short I could hardly taste it. Straight from the bottle with no breathing it has some more strength. One of those rare wines which don’t decant well. I find this in Cabernet occasionally but rarely in Shiraz. A bit disappointed.

2010 vintage

Very nice. Still plenty of oomph but can't see it going anywhere from here

2003 vintage

Random bottle tasting : Pepper, spice, graphite and red cherries - quite lifted nose, though there is some earth as well. Nicely resolving palate, there is a lick of sweetness from the fruit but also some savoury earthy notes. Seems to be in a good spot for drinking now.

2003 vintage

Decanted for a couple of hours. The nose an aroma of red and black fruit, florals too. The mouthfeel was full and the finish medium to long. The oak integrating but this vino has a long life ahead of it and will taste again in 2 years. Points will improve no doubt!

2010 vintage

A good Shiraz but will be a better wine with a few extra years.

2010 vintage

- Light body - Really starting to develop but those rich cherry flavours still lovely and strong. Rich colour, smooth finish, a real keeper if you can.

2010 vintage

Screwcap. Nose of blackberry, soft liquorice, and vanilla. Medium-bodied palate, with strong acid and powerful fruit: blackcurrant, blueberry, violet, vanilla, pepper.

2003 vintage

Drinking well. Medium body, rich spicy fruit. Has a few more years in it but unlikely to improve from here.

2003 vintage

Not as good as the '02 but still very drinkable with lots of dark fruit and plenty of life left.

2003 vintage

Had with beef stew - a popular option this winter! - spices, good body as usual, with nice tannins

2003 vintage

Rich & dark crimson, scent of ripe dark cherry, there soft tannin, and sweet blueberry and cherry, some hint of spice and wood fire. It's drinkable now with a slab of steak or hearty pasta. It will be great in a few years.

2010 vintage

Sweet and sour fruit. Good concentration. Not bad.

2010 vintage

Tasted in a vertical of 01, 05, 06, 09 & 10. Solid wine, not wow. Happy to drink any day. Good fruit, spice, pepper, quite typical cool climate shiraz. Medium length, medium bodied.

2010 vintage

Drank this awhile ago Just remember it being good value for money and thinking that I must buy more. I think this would be a good cellaring candidate

2010 vintage

Had with Beef Bourgone. Holding together well. Good match. Colour was changing with tinges. Black fruits, a little tobacco on th nose.

2003 vintage

Developing well. Colour still nice and bright. Medium bodied, good balance and everything comes together well. Took a couple of hours to show it's true colours. Better than the '04 at this stage and still has a few more years yet. Enjoyable now though.

2003 vintage

Chocolate, spices, loads of fruit - but surprisingly unpopular with the blokes. Had been concerned about it due to storage conditions. Not the most favourite wine of the night.

2003 vintage

Clear dark red colour with lots of fine sediment in the glass. Pleasant nose that shows mulberry and plum flavours mingled with spices and earth. With time an oxidative, caramelised note starts to show. A little thin in the mouth with soft dark fruited flavours and bitter earthy notes over good acidity. Started to fade with some air in the glass, giving the impression this is past prime and declining.

1997 vintage

Drank and loved it...again. Not huge like Barossa Shiraz, silky smooth and undertones of blackcurrant. It really is amazing value.

2003 vintage

This was a nice shiraz displaying scents of blackberries and some mulberry with more blackberries and a bit of chocolate on the quite acidic and tannic palate. Fleshy but balanced. needs time to soften the tannins and acidity and it should integrate well. 89-90 for now

2003 vintage

I really enjoyed this Shiraz, ripe and full with blueberry and blackberry fruit, white pepper. The soft oak opens up within an hour and caresses, with tannin structure and acid balance. Worthy of the price-point.

2003 vintage

Crimson-purple; intense smoked meat, blackberries, prunes; berry, spicy, medium-full body, a bit unbalanced, tannic, decent finish. Decanted 1 hr. Nice, but expected more on the palate after the lovely nose and the Aussie critic's 95. Didn't evolve over dinner, actually deteriorated after a few hrs. Will this age in a screwcap? Good with burgers however.

2003 vintage

Screwcap. Day 1: Decanted for 4 hours prior to initial glass. Strong floral aromas intermixed with nuances of cherry, plum, spice and eucalypt. Upon initial drinking the palate is full but still very tight and do agree with the other notes here that the finish was short and bitter. Decide to leave over-night and try again the next day. Day 2: The aromas were still as strong as ever, may have softened a little, but those strong floral aromas continued …

2003 vintage

This was a disappointing bottle. My favorite Aussie wine critic gave it 95 points, and wrote some delicious-sounding tasting notes, but he and I were clearly not drinking from the same bottle. Tastes like a very cheap red, with raw greenish tannins, bitterness, and unpleasant, dirty floor flavors. Also a short finish. Airing for three hours didn't help. No improvement even after 24 or 48 hours. Unfortunately, there is no cork to blame, as this bottle had a screwcap. Perhaps …

2003 vintage

Century Wine Club - February 2006 (Scarborough, Pokolbin) : Drink now to 2007. Very dry with an elegant fruit structure. Huge tannins with big sticky fruit. Abit fat and lacking any lift at this stage. At this stage it's showing well as a good, basic, varital Shiraz. Value+

2003 vintage

Christmas '05 in Australia; 12/8/2005-12/27/2005 (Melbourne, Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne and Gold Coast) : Cherry/cassis, slighty burnt. Some spice on the nose and also slightly bitter and short

2003 vintage

clean plum & spice.

2003 vintage

Tasted at Seppelt Vineyard in the Barossa Valley: From the Bendigo Grampans this shiraz is a mid-red with long legs indicating high alcohol content (14%). It has good fruit charcters, and light tannins. A good representation of the region.

2003 vintage

NobleRottersSydney - Vic & WA less-heralded regions (Lucio's, Paddington) : Three very different shirazes served together. The Chalambar is bright red, with very young aromas, slightly raw-smelling dark peppery and cinnamon notes among them. It’s weighty on the palate, finely tannic, pleasant if a little clunky at this young stage. The balance is good, the finish is disjointed, but nothing that some cellar time won’t cure. Very good value at $18-odd.

2003 vintage

NobleRottersSydney - South Aust trip (2) Barossa (Henschke/Penfolds/Seppelt/Magill) : Deep red/purple. Spicy peppermint nose, a little under-ripe? Quite a harsh finish – seems lacking in fruit & structure.

1997 vintage

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