Country of origin: Australia
Wine appellation: South Eastern Australia
Vintage: 2002
Alcohol content: 14%
Color: very dark garnet red
Bouquet: sweet spices, vanilla, forest fruit marmelade, coffee
Taste: medium body, round and jammy, similar to nose, forest fruit marmalade with sweet tannins and hint of coffee tones are present, alcohol well integrated with light acidity of sour cherries still being present, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: medium rare steak
Overall score: 4+7+10+7+6+50=84
Price: CZK 249
Stopper: single piece cork
This was something very interesting to me I found the wine that i tasted in November 2009 and April 2011. What is more surprising is that although the vintage is the same the bottle looks different, the cork is high quality and single piece (in previous bottles it was cork from pieces with single disks at the ends . The difference is that this bottle is exported to UK market, and previous bottles were for Germany. After opening I had to decant it and separate almost half glass of sediment.The wine is well aged and keeps quite good considering its age, this was a bit surprise and very different from reading previous tasting notes.
They really used quality cork in 2002? Amazing, although I can't imagine they expected that anyone would be drinking this 10+ years later!
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