Glaetzer Godolphin

Slow-oxed the bottle for 30 hours at 61 degrees, decanted and let rest for 2 hours at 71 degrees. Nose was full of blackberries, but mostly muted. Palate was big, rich, loaded with oak tannins. Not so good. Texture was lush, balance was excellent. I just didn't like the oak.

2004 vintage

Glaetzer wines age so well. Last bottle of a case bought nearly 20 years ago. This is a Shiraz blend that has matured gracefully, and is clean and elegant, and perhaps just past its peak or at least at the end of the best drinking plateau. Bravo.

2004 vintage

Wowza! As the old adage says: Don't judge a book by its cover. This was a single bottle find in the cold cellar. Expressive aromas of candied purple/blue small fruits, violets, pen ink and smoke. A very silky palate shows exquisite balance to integrated sweet fruit, acidity, refined tannins and a long finish.

2004 vintage

Delicious. Drink up as it's only downhill from here

2004 vintage

Last bottle, pretty similar to other tasting notes. Showing age, but still has assertive fruit and good balance. Alcohol is prominent, or I would rate even higher. Always nice when one that might have gotten away from me shows this well.

2004 vintage

Drink now it's not going to improve

2004 vintage

Very nice wine and absolutely ready to drink now. Fresh and full of fruit. Red cherry, red currant, cassis, blackberry. Pencil shavings and cedar. Well integrated tannins make this a smooth wine. However, the 15.5% alcohol are not neglectable. The wine will keep this level for another 5 years.

2004 vintage

Beautifully tempered. Tannins are no where to be seen. Smooth and velvety and good fruit. Tobacco and graphite nose. Well rounded mouthfeel and lovely taste. Ready to go if you have any left…..

2004 vintage

Still a huge wine with lots of dark fruit. With 19 years in the bottle, it is much more refined than it was in its youth. Fine with food.

2004 vintage

A remarkable wine', the CS (30%) keeps the wine quite tight in a kind of embracement and in there the Syrah lifts the wine with still fresh and concentrated fruit, a firm, ripe and smooth taste, lively, and a quite long aftertaste, even a bit hefty, as of everything comes together there.

2004 vintage

Opened and poured after a couple days out of the cellar to warm up. For our 23 year anny of meeting at Dominick's. Wow, what a fruit bomb. Hedonistic, humid rain forest of concentrated blackberry. Some licorice now, with black cherry, velveteen tannins. Exceptional fruit at this stage, with secondary notes just starting to come out. Massive body, smooth, big, voluptuous. A monster still. This is a tour de force aussie blockbuster. Superb.

2004 vintage

Friday Double Blind Tasting $60+ (Bin 75 Alpharetta, GA) : Cloudy opaque core with chocolate brick rim, lots of sediment; soy, aged, baked fruit, black fruit, raspberries, blueberries, sappy, prune, figs, savory and rich, caramel.

2004 vintage

Decanted for 45 minutes based on my previous TNs to allow the wine to open, and to separate some sediment (the cork did not break!). Some dark fruits on the nose. The medium to plus bodied palate gave up lots of dark red fruit, a bit of blue fruit, some spice, earth and pepper. The acidity was very juicy and the tannins were nicely integrated. Similar to our previous bottles, but with a bit less fruit and a bit more …

2004 vintage

Enjoying a Fall Day (Home) : Verey dark red/purple color. Slow O'd for 3 hours. Fairly deep fruited, balckberry, dark berries, high toned graphite, slightly perfumed with a little violet, and a hint of menthol. The palate is layered, glycercin, deep dark fruits, earthy, minerals and a peppery finish. 92+pts.

2004 vintage

A nose of dark fruits, spices, dark black purple in color. A smooth, full bodied blend, with blackberry, cassis, licorice, an elegant and delicious wine, a bit past it’s peak, drink now. www.winelx.com

2004 vintage

A nice lunch at home with friends (Haarlem) : A friendly silky giant, silky, while everything is smooth and juicy, but there is also a firm and ripe Syrah backbone with still fresh fruit and sufficient acidity; lovely stuff with a long aftertaste,

2004 vintage

The cork broke (yes, again) and there was some sediment, so a decant is called for. Decanted for 40 minutes, but could have used 20-30 minutes more. Immediately after decanting: lots of funk and charcoal on the nose. On the palate -some red fruit and earth, along with way too much acidity. After 40+ minutes in the decanter: The medium to plus bodied palate gave up lots of dark red fruit, some blue and black fruit, lots of spice and …

2004 vintage

It wasn't amazing. Good but not amazing. Upon open it smelled over the hill. 3 hrs in it smells like red licorice and old wood. Not bad. Its silky ish . Red fruit, black fruit, fig, walnut, some fruit, some acid but not amazing. This probably crushed in 2016. Corona liquidation. Drink em if you got em.

2004 vintage

Delicious. Big-boned blackberry and licorice, with a slight green and light vanilla which faded with air. Well-structured with acid and tannin. Showing more shiraz than cab. Better on the second day.

2004 vintage

This is going great guns at the moment, still showing a core of ripe fruit but has lovely structure, length and balance. Isn’t showing any signs of falling over at this stage either. Still has those plummy shiraz notes backed by the firmness of the Cabernet, some black olives and cloves in the mix, seasoned oak in there as well. Not super complex but very tasty.

2004 vintage

Past its prime, poured down the drain

2004 vintage

Bllind Syrah (John's house) : Splash decanted and served blind. Very perfumed and pretty. There was a great balance of the wine being friendly and also big. I guessed Two Hands Samantha's Garden - wrong. 92-93

2004 vintage

Blind Syrah From Anywhere (John's House, Mpls, MN) : Very dark red color. PNP, drank a glass single blind over 3 hours. More fruit here, great texture, well balanced, mountain wild berries, earthy forest floor, full bodied, black cherry, spices and wood notes. Picked this as the Godolphin from the start. The prettiest of all the wines on the group. Have I mentioned how much I like Glaetzer's wines? They just seem to age so gracefully. My and group WOTA. …

2004 vintage

Worldwide Blind Syrah Tasting (3 Day Wine Review World Headquarters, Minneapolis, MN) : Love the 2004 vintage around the world! Spice, White pepper, blueberries, earth and floral notes. 15 points total and wine of the day. I have to say this wine evolved late in the day. Drink now to 2022. Well done Gary as I sent him home with a bottle of the Sleight of Hand Levitation as the wine of the day. Wine of the day!

2004 vintage

Almost perfect and, on this bottle, still with years to go. This wine has provided such joy over the years. It has gone from having a knockout room-filling perfume to a far more balanced and charming palate-based impression but has at all times had poise and elegance. One of the best wines I have ever had.

2004 vintage

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