2006 Archery Summit Cuvee Pinot Noir. 14.2% abv.
Dark color. Alcohol does show. However, this wine seemed otherwise very balanced, with bright cherry fruit underpinned by a very nice base of forest floor and earth. It certainly disappeared quickly 90 points
2001 Tower Estate Hunter Valley Shiraz. This bottle may be showing its age more than the others. Some brett showed up on both nose and palette. Speaking of "nose and palette" this wine was unusually different between the two. The nose was all about the leather and dark fruit. The palette was more red fruit and bracing acidity (and brett underneath) I still love this wine, even though I granted Scott's comment that it might have been better two years ago. 90 points.
