With an interesting chicken pasta last night.
1994 Leasingham Classic Clare Cabernet
Deep, dark red with no signs of significant age. Wonderful nose of cassis, flowers, touch of earth, a hint of menthol. Broad and extremely long palate, complex and most satisfying. Blackcurrant, cassis, licquorice, wrapped in ripe but still present tannins. Long way to go yet, but drinking very well at present.
Drink: 2006-2016+....................................93 points
1994 Elderton "Command" shiraz
Still almost black, this colour hasn't budged in a decade. Nose of stupendous Barossa fruit, instantaneously recognisable, with a whiff of vanilla. Palate is utterly split into two sensations. The first is of supreme quality Barossa shiraz, well nigh perfect, and the second is of pungent American oak. For me, quite amazing that the two have totally failed to integrate one iota as yet. The oak is currently ruining this wine, which has so much potential for all to see. What a pity they smothered this in all that wood.
I would have guessed this as a 99 shiraz, so young did it seem. Will it ever come around to fulfill its potential?? I honestly don't know, but I would wait at least another decade to find out.
Drink: 2012-2020+(?)................................84pts (on this showing.
