Posted: November 2, 2022
A classy wine that is still amazingly youthful with toasty honeyed aromas and fresh sweet fruit flavours balanced with lovely, aged characters. Nice acid line.
Comments Off on Pommery Cuvee Louise Parcelles Reims Champagne France Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2005 / 0 View / November 2, 2022
Posted: December 2, 2021
Beautifully aged toasty bouquet yet still has lovely freshness to it with soft seamlessly balanced lemon and rose petal flavours. Slightly toasty.
Comments Off on UMAMU Estate Margaret River Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2005 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Nicely aged commercial style that is all stalky, cassis, capsicum and chocolate.
Comments Off on Canobolas Smith Orange Cabernet V.P. 2005 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: July 4, 2018
An all round, beautifully balanced, delicate wine with secondary nutty/leathery aromas and a very mature palate but still has plenty of life left in it. Great flavour depth.
Comments Off on Gralyn Estate Margaret River Cabernet Shiraz 2005 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: November 9, 2017
Lovely toasty, richly developed aged semillon that’s all secondary and tertiary characters. A great example of an aged Hunter semillon and still has a few years left in it yet!
Comments Off on Saddler’s Creek Classic Hunter Valley Semillon 2005 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Aged fruit aromas with hints of banana and vanilla characters. Big but simple flavour persistence with fresh batter like yeastiness.
Comments Off on Clover Hill Prestige Tasmania Blanc de Blancs 2005 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A strawberry jam nose with mushroomy maturity. Plenty of fruit on the palate but just starting to fade. Has some savoury elements. Pleasant drinking now. 3-5
Comments Off on Yarravale Reserve Yarra Valley Shiraz 2005 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A superb, aged shiraz that is super smooth and soft; earthy and savoury.
Comments Off on Geoff Merrill Henley McLaren Vale Shiraz 2005 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Mature leathery/earthy bouquet and dark, rich chocolaty palate complexity. Holding its age well.
Comments Off on Broken River Vineyards Two Old Men Goulburn Valley Shiraz 2005 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Beautifully complex floral fruit fragrances with slight mintiness. Elegant seamlessly integrated flavours of varietal fruit and cedary oak. “Many more years in it yet!”
Comments Off on Koonowla Clare Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 16, 2017
Savory meaty style approaching its peak. Complex dark chocolaty bouquet and a lean, silky smooth palate with good tannins.
Comments Off on Roy The Cattleman Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 / 0 View / June 16, 2017
Posted: June 16, 2017
Very attractive, aged wine but still tight and in very good condition with the varietal fruit still evident and nicely integrated with sweet earthy and leathery characters. More years left in it. 3-5
Comments Off on Orlando Lawson’s Padthaway Shiraz 2005 / 0 View / June 16, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Bright pineapple aromas with fresh floral edges and developing excellent complexity. Loads of rich tropical fruit flavours underpinned by lovely acid. Still more years left in it. 3-5
Comments Off on Coolangatta Estate Shoalhaven Estate Semillon 2005 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A beautifully authentic vintage port with good fruit and genuine vintage port flavours and overall structure. Heady spirit with drying tannins and a long clean finish.
Comments Off on Morris Rutherglen Vintage Fortified 2005 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: May 14, 2017
This wine is developing nicely and showing flinty notes on the peachy bouquet with a lovely soft fruity palate that has a combo of orange rind and buttered toast flavours. 5+
Comments Off on Umamu Estate Margaret River Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2005 / 0 View / May 14, 2017
Posted: May 14, 2017
A fragrant and flinty lime bouquet with a lovely lightness of lemon curd and buttered toast-like flavours.
Comments Off on Saddler’s Creek Classic Hunter Valley Semillon 2005 / 0 View / May 14, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Aromas reflective of age with dried fruit and spices and some licorice. Lovely spicy licorice flavours topped off with a crisp finish. 3-5
Comments Off on Morris Rutherglen Vintage Fortified 2005 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Interesting! Prominent development to the nose and ageing toasty flavours. Good food wine.
Comments Off on Chambers Rosewood Vineyard Rutherglen Gouais 2005 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Tight, compact smoky lemon/grapefruit characters on the nose that carries through on to the long lingering palate.. Excellent age complexity makes for a really lovely drink.
Comments Off on Coolangatta Estate Alexander Berry Shoalhaven Coast Semillon 2005 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Savoury leathery aromas and fully developed cabernet palate with soft tannin structure. Drink soon.
Comments Off on Totino Estate Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Developed toasty/cumquat bouquet with a light peppery note. Great flavours of lemons and limes with a slight smoky element.
Comments Off on Trevelen Farm Great Southern Riesling 2005 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 19, 2017
Powerful and complex aromas with some obvious yeasty autolysis. Complex creamy palate with a mouthful of toasty aged flavours.
Comments Off on Umamu Estate Margaret River Sparkling Chardonnay 2005 / 0 View / April 19, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
This golden wine that smells of roasted nuts and has almost a sherrified complexity to the elegantly layered flinty palate with some nice secondary aged characters.
Comments Off on Champagne Thiénot Cuvée Stanislas Champagne Blanc de Blancs 2005 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Soft and mature wine with cedar and spice characters. Starting to dry out – drink now.
Comments Off on Geoff Merrill Henley McLaren Vale Shiraz 2005 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Nose is a fragrant combo of nettles, pea pods and lime fruit and showing subtle development. Juicy, lively and flavoursome in the mouth with amazing line of acidity for an 11-year old.
Comments Off on Coolangatta Estate Estate Grown Shoalhaven Coast Semillon 2005 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very interesting aged Hunter semillon that’s ready for drinking now. Has a classic roasted/toasty steely nose and great fresh varietal fruit purity and drive to the palate.
Comments Off on Saddler’s Creek Wines Classic Hunter Semillon 2005 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A tad hot and angular; still very vibrant for its age. Toasty/toffee-like bottle age on the nose and long, herbal stonefruit flavours.
Comments Off on Nastl Gigant Veltliner 2005 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Intense nutty nose and silky smooth, well developed palate. Offering good drinking now.
Comments Off on Morris V.P Rutherglen Vintage 2005 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Big, soft and nicely developed meaty style. Lovely mature herbal nose and good upfront fruit palate.
Comments Off on Grampians Estate Streeton Reserve Grampians Shiraz 2005 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 3, 2017
“Overwhelmingly intellectual” was how one judge described this wine. Smells of fig jam and berries with complex layers of flavour.
Comments Off on Umamu Estate Margaret River Sparkling Chardonnay 2005 / 0 View / April 3, 2017
Posted: April 3, 2017
Impossibly youthful for a 10 year-old! Smells of whipped toffee with hints of the barnyard. Upfront sweetness on the palate that’s nicely integrated with the toasty age.
Comments Off on Chandon Prestige Yarra Valley Cuvée 2005 / 0 View / April 3, 2017