2009 Mount Langi Ghiran Cliff Edge Shiraz (Grampians)
Day 1- Decanted for four hours. Gun flint, tobacco pouch & a hint of spice. Concentrated black fruits, blood plum, cherry, mulberry. White pepper, cardamom pod. Tightly coiled & superbly restrained.
Day 2- Smokey, sinister & rather sultry. Vanilla oak. Much more spice & pepper than Day 1. Toasty & gamey. Light bodied, but still tight on the fruit. Not giving much away without patience. Matched massive medium-rare rib eye on the bone devastatingly well.
Day 3- Smoothed out with subtle tannins. Fruit has opened up elegantly, balanced & less shy. Lashings of licorice, sage & black olives.
Confident it would evolve again Day 4, but sadly the bottle runs dry. Oh this is good. Really very good. Note to self, buy some more.
Tasted 26th, 27th & 28th October 2012
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