Posted: March 7, 2023
An oaky toasty plum fruit bouquet with a nicely structured palate that has a simple plum fruit flavour profile with hints of fresh roasted coffee and a dash of pepper. $
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Posted: July 21, 2022
Full bodied with a high level of alcohol, a rich fruit presence and aged florals.
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Posted: April 14, 2022
Sweet spices lift off the blackcurrant nose and has a generosity of bright juicy fruit flavours.
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Posted: April 14, 2022
Generous spicy lime nose with underlying savouriness and a sweet-fruited palate.
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Posted: December 3, 2021
Raspberry aromas with toasty/musky notes. Light fruit palate filled with rhubarb and red currant flavours.
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Posted: December 3, 2021
Candied rose nose and simple, slightly sweet, juicy fruit palate.
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Posted: December 3, 2021
Big prune/raspberry savoury nose and complex tannic palate layered with cherry and plum flavours and a soft finish.
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Posted: December 3, 2021
Red currant aromas with developed notes and an intensity of spicy fruit flavours.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
An ageing, sweet but tannic style with raisined fruit-like characters and dry finish.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Slightly austere but easy drinking style with light florals and uncomplicated aromas and flavours.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Smells of blackcurrants and licorice with obvious sweetness and vanilla oak on the smooth dark fruit palate.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Aged liqueur style with mature spicy, honey/caramel bouquet and a huge concentration and intensity of creamy toffee-like flavours spiced with cinnamon nuances.
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Posted: April 8, 2020
Very varietal aromas; a pretty combo of plums and toffee. Spicy plum palate supported by the spicy oak and chewy tannins.
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Posted: July 3, 2019
Delightful nose opens up with rancio, dried fruits and mocha. Palate is fine, layered, balanced and silky smooth. “A true tawny – sweet but not cloying,” said one judge. $95
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Posted: July 3, 2019
Smart oak aromas with cherry-like fruit sitting underneath. Luscious palate with lively layers of black and blue berry fruits and excellent oak all balanced with fine tannins. $25
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Big, dark molasses-like bouquet and powerful, thick, rich burnt sugar/toffee flavours. Lovely oak use and good age characters.
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Posted: May 2, 2018
A rich, oak dominated, style with good intensity of dark sweet fruits sitting underneath. Good strong tannins. 3-5
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Posted: May 2, 2018
Mature, leathery, chocolaty style underscored by powerful sweet berry fruits 3-5
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Posted: March 2, 2018
Caramel toffee nose with heady rancio lift. Beautifully textured palate with lovely aged material and spirity finish.
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Posted: March 2, 2018
Heady red fruit aromas and a big rich grippy palate with good flavour complexity.
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Posted: May 5, 2017
A liqueur style tawny with lovely old rancio nose and excellent sweet, spicy, hazel nut palate that has both freshness and obvious age
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Posted: April 20, 2017
A little tannic and chunky; lots of oak with dark brooding licorice aromas and zesty mixed peel-like flavours. Nice rancio.
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Posted: April 4, 2017
A big powerful style with obvious age. High in sugar but has enough acid to match.
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Posted: April 4, 2017
“So old, so beautiful”, said one judge. “Incredibly intense and long – and lasts and lasts and lasts”. Caramel/molasses aromas and a luscious raisined palate.
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