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Clarendon Hills Astralis 1997

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Winery:
Clarendon Hills
Varietal:
Syrah
Region:
Australia > South Australia > Fleurieu > Clarendon
Type:
Red Wine
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2011
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User Tags:  fruit, rich, berry, pepper, spices, complex, finish - long, cheese, jam, dinner 


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Nearly perfect, the 1997 Astralis (100% new French oak) is an explosive wine that represents the essence of Shiraz. The opaque purple colour resembles a young vintage port. The nose offers up blackberry fruit intermixed with freshly melted asphalt and pepper. My notes read, “beyond wine”. The wine is dry, but possesses unreal unctuosity and richness. This super-endowed offering will be at its finest between 2001-2020. This wine is a crowd-pleasing, exotic offering that takes the level of richness and hedonism to sensational heights. This wine is worth trying if only because of its compelling read more...

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Stephen
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Rating: 94(+?) - As reviewed by International Wine Cellar in Issue 85, July/August 1999 Full ruby. Superripe aromas of roasted plum, saddle leather, smoked meat, mint and oak spice. Huge, thick and sweet; extraordinarily ripe but supported by firm, ripe acids. Really suffuses the palate with sweet fruit. Explosive aftertaste features roasted berry, leather and woodsmoke notes and uncanny sweetness. Showing extremely well today but built to age.


 

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Full ruby. Superripe aromas of roasted plum, saddle leather, smoked meat, mint and oak spice. Huge, thick and sweet; extraordinarily ripe but supported by firm, ripe acids. Really suffuses the palate with sweet fruit. Explosive aftertaste features ro... Stephen Tanzer. A Syrah wine from South Australia in Australia. 1997 Clarendon Hills Astralis (Shiraz) 750ml


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Rating: 94(+?) - As reviewed by Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar on Jul-99 Full ruby. Superripe aromas of roasted plum, saddle leather, smoked meat, mint and oak spice. Huge, thick and sweet; extraordinarily ripe but supported by firm, ripe acids. Really suffuses the palate with sweet fruit. Explosive aftertaste features roasted berry, leather and woodsmoke notes and uncanny sweetness. Showing extremely well today but built to age.


 

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Rating: 98/100 - As reviewed by The Wine Advocate


 

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Rating: 98/100 - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 122 on Apr-99


 

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Rating: 98/100 - As reviewed in eRobertParker.com # E2002 on Feb-02


 

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