Wine thread

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2018 Clonakilla Pinot Noir.

Whole berries, wild yeast. Classic Tim Kirk style. Even at 6 years old it's perfumed and super elegant. Raspberry, strawberry, vine leaves, intense clove, forest and wet stone. The fruit has gone ever so slightly towards cordial with age, but in some ways the wine is better for it.

 

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2022 Weerona/Partridge Laying Geese Shiraz, Hunter Valley.

Really aromatic, surprisingly so tbh for a Hunter shiraz especially. Ripe berry bunches, cola, vanilla. Medium bodied, definitely fruit driven with loads of berries, but it does lean into cola and sour cherry on the palate, adds a little spice, and finishes surprisingly lean and lively. Nothing earth shattering, but it's a ridiculously drinkable shiraz.

 

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2006 Mt Langi Ghiran Langi Shiraz. No occasion, just why not?

Must have bought this in about 2012, reviews all rate it to about 2018. Still going strong, in fact in the glass it's only very moderately bricking. Powerful, elegant, cool climate shiraz. Nose is strong black tea, plum jam, loaded blackberry bushes and a hint of cured meat. It's sweet dark fruits up front, then goes into liquorice and cloves, wild herbs, and finishes with sweet tea and super fine tannin.

Wicked and still has life left. 94 points.