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91
/100
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35
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2003
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89/100
Cabernet Sauvignon,
Cabernet-Shiraz Blend
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Taster #3454
· Oct 19, 2024
91/100
Best after 1hr decant. Lovely fruit. Drink up
2003 vintage
Taster #9180
· Oct 4, 2024
95/100
Beautiful drinking with some age and complexity developed. Still with some primary fruit characters and a softening of the youthful tannins.
2003 vintage
Taster #8844
· May 24, 2023
90/100
In wonderful condition. Chocolate and tangy astringency but all very calm. Heavy crumbly tannin underpins. At its peak.
2003 vintage
Taster #3817
· Sep 17, 2017
90/100
The cork pulled out clean and initial tasting after decanting was not great. Very strong eucalyptus bouquet with a sweet not pleasant after taste. After about 40 minutes the wine transformed with a pleasant bouquet and taste but a bit thin.
2003 vintage
Taster #1336
· Feb 22, 2016
89/100
lovely cigar box and cassis
2003 vintage
Taster #5601
· Dec 26, 2015
Decanted. Cork in great nick. Minimal ullage too. Rich. almost sweaty nose of stewed black and blue fruits, cigar box, salty beef/saltbush but ending with a rush of booze. The palate fairly smooth, the blue and black fruits presented and accounted for, matched with some nice savoury notes. That said, there is still a fair amount of cedar oak showing and the wine lacks length but what length there is has a hint of alcohol heat about it. Enjoyable and …
2003 vintage
Taster #5845
· Dec 6, 2015
NobleRottersSydney - Christmas Dinner 2015 (360 Bar & Dining, Sydney) : {screwcap, 14.5%} Formerly Jacob�s Creek, formerly-formerly Orlando. Now a stand-alone brand. Rich cassis nose; sure there are plenty of currant aromas and flavours, but it�s also got a full-bodied and rich fruitiness to it. Perhaps too much; there�s a raisined quality to the flavours, and plenty of warmth on the finish. Shows some of the signs of the drought vintage; needed less alcohol, although for 12 years it�s travelling …
2003 vintage
Taster #1858
· May 30, 2015
88/100
Cooked. Pizza. Cooked lunch. Cooked myself. But most disconcerting was the wine was cooked. Saving grace is I've created space in the cellar for something with more longevity.
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Taster #8877
· May 22, 2015
91/100
better than the last one... rich and bright on nose... earthy on the pallate.
2003 vintage
Taster #8877
· May 8, 2015
86/100
good up front perfume but dropped off very quickly...would've been better a couple of years ago
2003 vintage
Taster #1858
· Apr 2, 2015
91/100
I know jatkinso loves this aged wine but I'm not so sure. Would have been better a few days ago. Maybe years.
2003 vintage
Taster #1858
· Mar 6, 2015
87/100
Disappointing. Beyond its age. Nuff said.
2003 vintage
Taster #3438
· Jun 27, 2014
90/100
Similar to last review. Good depth, blackcurrant, leather. Nice across the whole palate, balanced with a few less horsepower. I did think it had another 5 years but in its drinking window now.
2003 vintage
Taster #0578
· Dec 25, 2013
92/100
Brought it out for Christmas dinner (Short Ribs Osso Buco style) as the second bottle to be opened. Worried about age - so opened just before serving Was very fine. Sleek-smooth - almost bright. Improved in the glass. In retrospect, should have (a) given it some breathing time and (b) maybe opened as the primary bottle in a couple of years Spouse opened the bottle and commented that "the cork looked almost too new"
2003 vintage
Taster #3438
· Nov 15, 2013
91/100
Deepest red. Lovely depth, blackcurrant, leather, field of hay. Its full, rich and wise. Beautiful across the whole palate, nicely balanced. Great now but will be still hoofing along in 5 years.
2003 vintage
Taster #6549
· Dec 9, 2011
- Brick color and aromas of blackberry. It's balanced and has flavours of burnt toast, mushroom and sherry with a medium body. Satin-Like texture with a medium finish.
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Taster #8726
· Feb 3, 2011
84/100
Minty black plums and black currants. A bit spicy and kinda controlled for being a hot vintage.
2003 vintage
Taster #0357
· Jan 19, 2011
Really nice fruit bomb Cab, low acidity but it stopped short of being flabby or overblown. No mistake whatsoever about where this was made, but sometimes it fits the bill.
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Taster #5788
· Aug 21, 2008
Tasted next to an older bordeaux. The fruit in this wine zinged in comparison - bright red fruit, asparagus, herbs, and eucalyptus
2003 vintage
Taster #9413
· Jan 13, 2008
84/100
Rich purple in the glass this wine displays aromas of roasted nuts, blackcurrant and cream. The palate is dense and deep. Spice, vanilla and rubber characters all jump out. Good finish. Pleasant. The Qantas inflight guide to wine did not contain a tasting note for this wine. Tasted in Business Class aboard Qantas flight QF10 from London Heathrow to Melbourne.
2003 vintage
Taster #8289
· Jan 12, 2008
88/100
Nice noise with dark fruit, a bit of cedar, some green notes with a bit of a burn. Good mouthfeel with cherry, cassis, but green and drying tannins but the 14.5% alcohol is well hidden by some fresh acidity. Balanced, nicely restrained, not overly oaked. I like it.
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Taster #5845
· Dec 17, 2006
Impenetrable black colour. Super-ripe, raisin fruit aromas. Cabernet? Rich ripe warm texture, moderate oak, strong tannins. It�s a mouthful, that�s for sure. Needs time to settle down. I wonder if it�s trying to be more than it is?
2003 vintage
Taster #6059
· Jul 14, 2006
90/100
Bold nose of spice and blackcurrant. Palate has good depth and balance.
2003 vintage