A recent auction purchase for just over 50 Aussie smackeroos. 13.3 A/V, cork closure.
Solid light to medium ruby core with abundant rust and brick in the outer edges. Gorgeous sappy, musky nose containing no shortage of sous bois, wet earth, spicy morels, baby beets, dark plums and bing cherries with a top note of cardamon and spicy, dusty oak. In the mouth the wine initially displays rather soft, rounded mouthfeel with a delectable peacock-tail finish suggesting near maturity, but with considerable breathing, picks upsome quite firm tannin suggesting further aging will do no harm. There's considerable fruit (aka nose) intermingling with some decent acidity to counterbalance the eventual long and quite sturdy finish. All-in-all I found this wine to be of an extremely good quality with up to five years cellaring required to be drinking at its best. It should keep for another 5, thereafter. 88 points.