freshly cut hay and tobacco notes

12% Mourvedre and 2% Viognier

The 2005 Paleo Rosso needed time in bottle to allow the Cabernet Franc signatures to emerge

I suspect that once this is bottled that it will better harmonize as it’s somewhat awkward today

silky and salty-piquant Haut-Lieu is beautiful in its terroir expression that favors a fruitier

Penfolds, Bin 60A Cabernet Shiraz other_regions_italy freshly cut hay and tobaccoThe release of the 2004 Bin 60A following the epic 1962 Bin 60A is old news now, but the wine was looking very fine indeed when I tasted it so I thought Id add a note. Blended of 56% Coonawarra Cabernet from Block 20 and 44% Barossa Shiraz from Koonunga Hill Block 56G and Kalimna Blocks 4 and 14, the wine was matured in 100% new American oak hogsheads for 13 months. Very deep purple black in color, it offers restrained notes of game, smoked meat,