Lindeman's Hunter Valley Reds TV's & Beware.
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 1:53 pm
Currently available at CD are the following-
Lindeman's Bin 9603 Shiraz 1998-
Firstly, this wine really does need to be decanted ( as recommended on the back label ) as there was a full tablespoon of sediment. Aswell, the wine did seem to open up and blossom by bottles end.
Clean and focused shiraz. Smokey, earthey-blackberry fruit with sweet violet nuances. Medium bodied and solidly structured. The earth and leather that comes through on the palate is matched with a good dollop of blackfruits ( which carry into the finish ) and the tannins build nicely suggesting a good future prospect for the cellar- although excellent now.
With a mixed bag of Hunter shiraz styles; including flirtation with viognier at surprisingly high proportions, the Lindeman's Bin 9603 was a very enjoyable old fashioned shiraz experience.
For around $20 a bottle for a case, with a six pack of the 97 9603 thrown in, aswell as being a cellar door release only, this eemed to be a deal not to be refused.
Wisely I pondered the need for so much 9603 in my cellar.
Lindeman's Bin 9825 Steven Vineyard Shiraz 1999-
More upfront fruit than the above. Coming in at a moderate 13%, the nose is clean with plums and vanilla initially. A touch of air and the shiraz fruit comes to the fore- spicey, licorice and violet notes, tight on the palate with nice oak in the background. The final glass has the wine opening up more in the mouth with hints of leather, earth and blackberry. Medium bodied, lingering ripe tannins, the oak and fruit flavours persist in a long finish.
The Stevens was very good, although as a quest for new shiraz experience, I enjoyed the sense of Hunter antiquity and rusticity of Lindeman's Bin 9603.
A six pack of 9603 was a must for the cellar. For the reasons above asweel as it being purported as a cellar door release only.
I planned to ring Lindemans on return to the Gold Coast to make arrangements for a purchase. By chance, the first bottle shop I visited had the supposed cellar door only Steven's shiraz available for 30% less than cellar door.
And sure enough, the first bottle of wine I noticed at Brisbane Duty Free was the Cellar Door only Bin 9603!
Certainly, on a Hunter trip, don't fill up valuable car space with Lindeman's Cellar Door only releases- they could be available at the bottle shop around your corner!
Lindeman's Bin 9603 Shiraz 1998-
Firstly, this wine really does need to be decanted ( as recommended on the back label ) as there was a full tablespoon of sediment. Aswell, the wine did seem to open up and blossom by bottles end.
Clean and focused shiraz. Smokey, earthey-blackberry fruit with sweet violet nuances. Medium bodied and solidly structured. The earth and leather that comes through on the palate is matched with a good dollop of blackfruits ( which carry into the finish ) and the tannins build nicely suggesting a good future prospect for the cellar- although excellent now.
With a mixed bag of Hunter shiraz styles; including flirtation with viognier at surprisingly high proportions, the Lindeman's Bin 9603 was a very enjoyable old fashioned shiraz experience.
For around $20 a bottle for a case, with a six pack of the 97 9603 thrown in, aswell as being a cellar door release only, this eemed to be a deal not to be refused.
Wisely I pondered the need for so much 9603 in my cellar.
Lindeman's Bin 9825 Steven Vineyard Shiraz 1999-
More upfront fruit than the above. Coming in at a moderate 13%, the nose is clean with plums and vanilla initially. A touch of air and the shiraz fruit comes to the fore- spicey, licorice and violet notes, tight on the palate with nice oak in the background. The final glass has the wine opening up more in the mouth with hints of leather, earth and blackberry. Medium bodied, lingering ripe tannins, the oak and fruit flavours persist in a long finish.
The Stevens was very good, although as a quest for new shiraz experience, I enjoyed the sense of Hunter antiquity and rusticity of Lindeman's Bin 9603.
A six pack of 9603 was a must for the cellar. For the reasons above asweel as it being purported as a cellar door release only.
I planned to ring Lindemans on return to the Gold Coast to make arrangements for a purchase. By chance, the first bottle shop I visited had the supposed cellar door only Steven's shiraz available for 30% less than cellar door.
And sure enough, the first bottle of wine I noticed at Brisbane Duty Free was the Cellar Door only Bin 9603!
Certainly, on a Hunter trip, don't fill up valuable car space with Lindeman's Cellar Door only releases- they could be available at the bottle shop around your corner!