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Origionally picked up two of these after a tasting at our local bottle shop. I was not so impressed with the first bottle a few months back, however the second one made a good showing this evening.
Plum and blackcurrant on the nose, the wine is dark and fruity on the palate. Definitely goes down very smooth with the tannins being very subtle and only a little dry. Overall a well balanced and pleasant wine. The De Bortoli Website has a broken link for the producers tasting notes, tsk tsk.
A quick check of various online retailers would show this wine is currently selling for over $30 a bottle. A rip off at that price, we paid between $15-20 at Dan Murphy’s.
Score: 7/10
Would I buy this wine again?
The wine is technically very good, it just lacked a little excitement. Maybe ill try another vintage in the future if I spot it cheap.
For me this wine is a quaffer, it’s a nice wine but doesn’t set the world on fire.
Comment by Gemma — February 14, 2006 @ 1:17 am
Hmmm. Not tried this one but have had every vintage from 95-00 and they have all been pretty smart. I saw Jeremy Oliver gave the 2001 a complete thrashing. Not sure I will seek the 01 vintage out based on this. You picked the wine up VERY cheaply.
GW
Comment by Gary Walsh — February 15, 2006 @ 4:43 am