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Tom, Good notes, thanks for posting them. I notice that seven of the notes reference "mineral" in the descriptors which we don't use much in OZ to describe Shiraz. Can you enlighten us by what you mean and possibly provide other similar descriptors to help me better understand what you are getting ...

On Friday, my friends Jesper and Torsten put together an amazing line-up of 1998 Oz Shiraz. 9 People were attending – and luckily I was among them! It was a very, very interesting event, and certainly helped settle my personal ranking on the highest regarded 1998s. 9 of the 11 wines were...

Hi Danny,

Thanks taking the time to write these notes. They are very helpful. Do you have notes from the last years releases also? I'd love to them too!

Tom

Hi Sue, I had the 2001 on my desk in july with other 2001 Henry's Drive wines. The Cabernet Reserve 2001 also had a very developed color and was nothing like the deep purpur color of the Shirazes. I thought it was very odd. Much to my surprise it improved a lot in the opened bottle over 3 days - sho...

Two aussies this week: Wild Duck Creek Springflat '01 Wonderful balanced aussie with perfumed, spicy nose, distinct acidity, ripe tannins and floral velvety and complex fruit. Balanced with lots of cherry on the finish. Promising, but needs a little time I believe. Merlot Reserve 2000 Collossal nose...

Hi Martin, Thanks for the tip on 1998 Old Bastard. After your tip, I did include it in our big tasting earlier in the year. I was great! Maybe a little low in acidity making it (to me) slightly unbalanced, but great power and quality of fruit. Of 8 people attending many had this in their top 3 along...